part must realise that market-dictated changes are inevitable. Every city needs to recycle land, particularly when an industry is no longer viable. The decline of manufacturing in Mumbai and more so the textile industry is a foregone conclusion. Wisdom lies therefore in standing up not for the protection of the textile industry, but for compensation and rehabilitation.
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