At least one state infrastructure official said this week that lack of funds, lack of land, general lawlessness and environmental policy were hindering investment in railway development.

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New land policy is reducing the amount of available parcels for single-family development in the region and pushing developers to build more-dense high-rise projects on remaining land, he said.

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