Mumbai’s infrastructure extravaganza will soon be revealed
And not before time
By Leo Mirani, Asia correspondent, The Economist
Upon taking office as India’s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi immediately boosted infrastructure spending. Many state and local governments followed suit. The country desperately needed it. Urban infrastructure has endured years of neglect even as cities expanded in size and population.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition of The World Ahead 2025 under the headline “Building it”
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