One Man's Plan to Build Singapore in India

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It's not often a country or a state decides to found a new capital. But it's happening in southern India. Andhra Pradesh has laid the foundations for Amaravati, which the government intends to be a "smart" city to rival Singapore, Hong Kong among other great cities. Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin looks at how the ambitious project is allowing the local people to dream. 

(Source: Bloomberg)



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