As bulldozers roll into Dal Mandi in Varanasi to demolish 187 buildings housing over 1,000 shops along the 650-metre road stretch to widen access to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, thousands of traders and residents confront an uncertain future. The ₹224-crore project has sparked displacement fears, compensation disputes and allegations of selective targeting
As bulldozers roll into Dal Mandi in Varanasi to demolish 187 buildings housing over 1,000 shops along the 650-metre road stretch to widen access to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, thousands of traders and residents confront an uncertain future. The ₹224-crore project has sparked displacement fears, compensation disputes and allegations of selective targeting