The private construction of a whole new city, Lavasa, has been halted over the brazen flouting of planning rules, presumably with the connivance of politicians.

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On my visit to India this month, Forbes correspondent Naazneen Karmali and I happened onto trouble at Lavasa, a hill city being built along Warasgaon Reservoir between Mumbai and Pune in the Western Ghat range.

FORBES: A Stop in India's Lavasa