In Auroville, a contentious development plan has stoked anger and dissension
A swath of forestland created by human effort over half a century ago will give way to a proposed 75-metre-wide circular road.
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A swath of forestland created by human effort over half a century ago will give way to a proposed 75-metre-wide circular road.
Located mostly in Tamil Nadu and partly in the neighbouring Union Territory of Puducherry, Auroville exemplifies unity in diversity, with two-thirds of its 3,500 inhabitants hailing from 59 other nations, and from all age groups, backgrounds and cultures.
A road project, part of a plan to make a universal city, has left Auroville divided. Residents now pin their hopes on the NGT.