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	Asia Daily Briefing - A future found in "smart cities" July 4, 2018

	Modi's grand vision  for India's cities is slow  to take shape AMARAVATI, India -- A new city   is rising from scratch in the  farmlands of southeastern India,  and once completed, it could  change the country's future.  But as Prime Minister Narendra  Modi's government pours the equivalent of billions of dollars   into creating this "smart city"  -- with plans for many more --  concerns are already surfacing  that such lofty ambitions are higher than the country can reach.
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