India’s biggest slum faces wrecking ball as residents fear change
1 year, 11 months ago

India’s biggest slum faces wrecking ball as residents fear change

Al Jazeera  

Residents of Mumbai’s Dharavi shantytown are anxious about their future as the slum faces $2.4bn redevelopment. “I worry about the impact on our livelihood,” Sharifa Wagadiya, a 51-year-old potter in Kumbhar Wada, an area of Dharavi known for its earthenware businesses, told Al Jazeera. “This plot of land is physically adjacent to Dharavi, so people will be relocated in close proximity to their original homes and places of work,” Srinivas said. Back in the Dharavi neighbourhood of Kumbhar Wada, Dhansukh Kamailya, a potter from Gujarat state, is wary of the “narrative of ‘free housing’.” “The new homes are in exchange for our existing homes that will be demolished,” Kamailya told Al Jazeera. “We want the public to see that we are committed to addressing all concerns about the rehabilitation of project-affected people, especially those pertaining to the small businesses and manufacturing units.” Unlike Wagadiya, most of Dharavi’s residents rely on public toilets that are scattered across the slums, as their homes do not have indoor toilets and bathrooms.

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ABC  

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Hindustan Times  

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