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Released on April 8, 2005, the Draft 2021 Master Plan for Delhi calls for the transformation of Delhi into a “World Class City”(D. Roy 2005: 7). While the details of how to effect Delhi’s cosmopolitan transformation are at times vague, the thrust of the Draft Plan centers on developing the city into a key node of international finance and investment. In particular, the plan presents a growing state impetus to “clean” and “green” Delhi, creating a legible and attractive cityscape that can mirror Asian urban counterparts such as Singapore and Hong Kong. According to the plan, the “encroachment of public lands” by growing numbers of squatters presents an ongoing and highly visible threat to Delhi’s “world class” status and its attempt to forge a new spatial geography. The Draft Plan indicates the city’s increased ambition to expel squatters, or drive them into less visible city spaces, through relocation and resettlement (Kackar …