The lost amenities and added population density, they said, would cut their property value by a third, and they were not going to take it lying down.

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But don't expect the companies to take it lying down.

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Other's believe that it is time India demonstrates it will not take things lying down, even if that means reading the riot act to its neighbour.

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The more serious class-action complaints, each of which can potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in liability, are complaints the company has decided it won't take lying down.

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