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AHMEDABAD: Sitting on a discoloured plastic chair, sexagenarian Lakshman Chauhan looks on while his friend stubs out his bidi. The stench from the garbage nearby fills the air. Women peep through windows for their children playing on the dirt track running through the Motera ward of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation India’s focus, however, is on what is 1.5km away from here. Sixteen roads have been resurfaced and hawkers moved out as the biggest cricket stadium in the world is set to put its best foot forward to welcome the first family of the United States.“We know that the President of America is coming to Motera Stadium . We are very happy,” Lakshman says sarcastically. “Look around to see how happy we are.”“Absolutely nothing has been done for the village since it became a part of Ahmedabad city. Look at the road! A part has been carpeted due to a caste leader’s pressure, another part has been done by private developers who built some societies for outsiders. The part between these two has been left unattended. During monsoon you will find knee-deep water here,” says Shankarbhai one of Chauhan’s friends.The residents of Motera are not enthused about the US President’s visit as they resent the lack of development of the village which has lent its name and land for the stadium.“What have we got? Our children don’t have a playground, though they will grow up near the biggest cricket stadium in the world,” says Ashok Tombre, a Maratha, who has lived all his life in the ward. “We don’t have a common toilet in the village or even benches for senior citizens. They haven’t even cared to construct a drain and we did this on our own,” he says pointing to a hole next to the dirt track.As he speaks, a bunch of AMC vehicles, accompanied by the police rush in to seize the stray cattle. A mild confrontation follows but fizzles out.“This is the time we milk the cows and see what they do,” fumes Ashwin Chauhan, in his early twenties. To be fair to AMC, such drives are routine across the city though it has gained momentum with the impending presidential visit. As the cattle catchers leave, another AMC vehicle rushes in to fumigate the area. Chauhan and his friends burst out laughing. “That’s some relief,” says Shankar adding fumigation was a rarity in the ward. AMC has been carrying out such fogging along the areas around the 22 km roadshow of President Donald Trump “Look around, and you’ll know how much work has been done in the village, says Jinabhai, another man from the village, as he points towards heaps of garbage. “All I can tell you is neither Trump, nor Modi is coming to Motera. They are coming to the stadium”.