“you are bang on!” “as always, ‘the hitavada’ has taken up right issue. we are grateful that your newspaper has been raising the issues that concern the common people of city.” “keep writing. we need such articles to motivate authorities to sit together and focus on proper urban planning before going ahead with infrastructure projects one after the other. the city needs development, but a planned one.” these are just three of many comments ‘the hitavada’ received on wednesday after the publication of the
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