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Prince Charles to build ‘utopia for poor Indians’

Prince Charles wants to build an eco-friendly shanty town near Kolkata or Bangalore for 15,000 poor Indians.

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Prince Charles wants to build an eco-friendly shanty town near Kolkata or Bangalore for 15,000 poor Indians,moved by the slums he saw in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire,according to a media report. The multi-million-pound venture plan includes schools,shops and 3,000 homes in a tiny area the size of fourteen football pitches,the Daily Mail reported.

In fact,the heir to the British throne plans to turn a 25-acre swathe of Indian wasteland on the outskirts of either Kolkata or Bangalore into a “mini oasis in the desert”.

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