The poor deserve inclusion in mega projects at onset

The sight of a yellow bulldozer moving menacingly in the direction of residential areas is enough to get my stomach churning and my heart palpitating. I have witnessed too many violent, destructive and illegal evictions.

To watch doors, windows, marriage certificates, family photos, schools, spoons, stools, lifetime’s endeavours and thriving communities flattened with one swing of a ‘dozer is a horrific and unforgettable experience. The Booker Prize winner Arundathi Roy writes about these state-of-the-art machines saying ‘They flatten history and stack it up like building material’ in her ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ work.