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Face the Facts - India's City of Tomorrow

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John reports from Lavasa, built across 12,500 acres in the Sahyadri Mountains outside Pune. One of the new residents will be a campus of the University of Oxford, and developers say the project creates jobs and much-needed housing. But what has been the effect on those who have seen their lands acquired and their livelihoods disappear, and what about wider concerns about the impact of these kinds lof luxury developments?