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India: government destroys hundreds of port workers' and fishers' homes, leaving thousands homeless (www.itfglobal.org)
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In comments given to the Indian Express on why the demolition took place, DPA chairman Sushil Kumar Singh said that the DPA “had been getting lots of inputs about threat[s] to coast security, maritime security and security of cargo that is handled by the port”, adding that resettlement and rehabilitation of affected people “is not our mandate”.

Wtf?