Slum dispute over Commonwealth Games

In the last two years, more than a quarter of a million people have had their homes demolished along the banks of the Yamuna.

The city authorities plan to make Delhi completely slum-free in time for the arrival of thousands of foreign athletes and spectators for the next Commonwealth Games, due to be held here in 2010.

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But it is the slum clearances that some people fear are at odds with one of the mission statements of the Commonwealth Games: "To develop sport for the benefit of the people."

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