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World Service,03 Mar 2015,55 mins

Can India Create 'Smart Cities'?

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Fergus Nicoll reports from Chennai on India's plan to create 'smart cities'. He takes a trip on the city's road and rail network, and talks to the head of transport development for the area. Plus, an interview with an entrepreneur known as The Paperman, who is trying to turn the city's rubbish heaps to social good. And, we hear why Enfield Motorcycles are racing to success. With historian and cultural commentator Venkat Chalapathy, writer and researcher Nityanand Jayaram, and the BBC's Rahul Tandon. (Photo: Traffic winds its way down Marine Drive in Mumbai, India. Credit: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

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