‘Means losing everything we have ever known’: Why 9 villages are fighting a new ₹1,300-crore township in Shimla

‘Means losing everything we have ever known’: Why 9 villages are fighting a new ₹1,300-crore township in Shimla

The proposed Jathiya Devi satellite township is meant to ease Shimla’s congestion, but residents say it threatens ancestral farmlands and temples.

Fearing displacement, residents of six villages oppose Himachal CM Sukhu’s new township near Shimla

Sunil ChadhaShimlaThe residents of at least six villages on the outskirts of Shimla have come out strongly against the state government’s proposal to develop a satellite township at Jathiya Devi, saying the project aimed at decongesting the capital will uproot families and threaten their livelihoods. The opposition has intensified amid fears of large-scale land acquisition and displacement under the ambitious urban expansion plan. The proposed t…