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+  From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+  Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:07:54 +0530
| fuzzy recognition, long overdue, of course
| but finally we have someone recognizing
| the 'urban village' has in fact become
| quite something else - what are these
| "emergent formations and how to class them?"
| (cite: anand)

....
Recognizing that these villages haven't been villages for years, the Delhi High Court has ordered the demolition of any buildings here that violate the law.

"This was long overdue. The entire concept of villages inside cities has lost its meaning," said Sudhir Vohra, architect.
....

http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?category=National&template=Delhidemolitions&slug=Delhi+HC+cracks+down+on+'urban+villages'&id=83921&callid=1


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