hindu report asked a question as below:
What can Chennai possibly learn from Gotheborg, a port city in Scandinavia and the second largest of Sweden?

after reading the report, the question should be "What can India possibly learn from Gotheborg...."

and the mayor of gotheborg hit the nail when he says,
" Environmental issues, he said, should not be taken as being against development. "It is no longer environment versus growth. All development work must be inclusive of environmental concerns." "

tell the above to a section of india's press... tell the above to india's ministry of environment and forests... tell the above to our finance ministry... tell the above to india's elite... tell the above to india's industralists...

and all of them will laugh..and laugh loud. for in india.. it is 'development to elite at any cost' that matters.

but one of the statements (below) of gotheborg officials rings loud and will ring even louder if we dont listen:
"You can learn from our mistakes. It cost us dear."