US President Donald Trump who will be visiting India in a few days is expecting to be greeted by millions of fans at the world’s largest stadium at Motera.
While millions might turn up, there will be a few who cannot as the corporation will be building a wall to hide the slums.
The city’s municipal corporation has built a four-foot-high wall to hide a stretch of slums on the American leader’s route. Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to inaugurate and share the stage at Ahmedabad’s Motera cricket stadium at a public reception being touted as “Namaste Trump” on Feb. 24.
Despite being ridiculed by the press and on social media, the municipal corporation, however, said on Wednesday the decision to build the wall was taken well ahead of Trump’s visit. “The decision to build a four-feet wall was taken two months ago to prevent encroachments on footpath & road,” Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said on Twitter. On Sunday, Nehra tweeted that more than 100,000 people had already registered for the 22 kilometre (13.6 miles) roadshow by the two leaders that are being called the “#theBiggestRoadShowEver.”
The Motera stadium can seat some 100,000 and is said to be the world’s largest cricket stadium.
