Workers construct the wall in front of a slum in Ahmedabad on Thursday ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit. (AP/PTI)US President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month. A senior government said the wall was being built for security reasons, not to conceal the slum district. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump quoted Modi as saying “millions and millions of people” would attend the rally. But some slum-dwellers whose homes will be cordoned off by the wall in Ahmedabad said the government was wasting tax-payer money to hide the poor.

Source: The Telegraph February 13, 2020 20:45 UTC