Dharavi redevelopment: Work begins on moving residents to Matunga
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dharavi redevelopment: Work begins on moving residents to Matunga

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Work on buildings to house Dharavi residents who are found eligible for free housing within the slum cluster has taken off in the six acres of railway land in Matunga allotted to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited. Around 40,000 tenements in the slum cluster have already been surveyed to identify residents eligible for free housing, the sources added. Around 40,000 tenements in the slum cluster have already been surveyed to identify residents eligible for free housing Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums, is being redeveloped by the Adani Realty-led DRPPL. HT has been reporting on the state housing department’s efforts to rehabilitate Dharavi residents who are found ineligible for free housing within the slum cluster.

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Higher floor Dharavi residents to get rental homes within Mumbai
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Higher floor Dharavi residents to get rental homes within Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Dharavi residents who bought tenements located above the ground floor before November 15, 2022 will be allotted 300-square feet apartments in other parts of Mumbai on a hire-purchase basis. Only those Dharavi residents who owned tenements on the ground floor prior to January 1, 2000 would be deemed eligible for rehabilitation within Dharavi while ineligible residents would be housed …

Dharavi redevelopment project: Survey work for 25,000 tenements completed, 60,000 dwellings numbered so far
1 month, 1 week ago

Dharavi redevelopment project: Survey work for 25,000 tenements completed, 60,000 dwellings numbered so far

Hindustan Times  

Survey work for 25,000 tenements has been completed and 60,000 dwellings have been numbered since the exercise began in March this year on the Dharavi redevelopment project, according to the statement issued by Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between the government of Maharashtra and the Adani Group on November 28. Dharavi redevelopment: Survey work for 25,000 tenements …

Maharashtra could earn ₹5,000-10,000 crore from Dharavi rejig
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra could earn ₹5,000-10,000 crore from Dharavi rejig

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The state government could earn between ₹5,000 crore and ₹10,000 crore from rents and sale of houses to Dharavi residents who are found ineligible for free housing within the slum cluster, highly placed sources told HT. According to the project plan drawn up by DRPPL, families whose tenements were constructed prior to January 1, 2000, and those living on …

Plan to resettle Dharavi residents at Dahisar dropped following local opposition
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Plan to resettle Dharavi residents at Dahisar dropped following local opposition

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Under pressure from Dahisar residents, the state government has cancelled its plans of relocating the ineligible tenants of the Dharavi slums at the Dahisar octroi naka depot. Along with Dahisar, BMC and government-owned plots at Mulund, Wadala and Kurla were chosen to resettle Dharavi residents. BOX Unwelcome everywhere Plans to construct rental housing for the Dharavi slum dwellers in …

Mumbai real estate market: 5 things you need to know about Dharavi redevelopment project
6 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai real estate market: 5 things you need to know about Dharavi redevelopment project

Hindustan Times  

Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slum housing clusters with a population of around one million people is located in the heart of Mumbai, and is set to undergo redevelopment. According to real estate developers and consultants, Dharavi redevelopment and rehabilitation will not only mark the beginning of a slum-free Mumbai but will be one of the biggest factors that is …

No land to Adani group, Dharavi land transfer to Maha govt depts; Adani only a developer: Sources
6 months, 3 weeks ago

No land to Adani group, Dharavi land transfer to Maha govt depts; Adani only a developer: Sources

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: The multi-crore Dharavi slum redevelopment project involves no land transfer to the Adani group but to the Maharashtra government's departments, and the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate, as a project developer, will build houses that will be handed over to the same departments for allotment to residents of Asia's biggest slums, sources said. Denying allegations of land grab made by MP Varsha …

Why does Adani Group need 1,250 acres for redevelopment project: Dharavi residents
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why does Adani Group need 1,250 acres for redevelopment project: Dharavi residents

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A group of Dharavi residents have questioned why the Adani Group-led Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd requires 1,250 acres of land for its slum overhaul plan. Calling it “a land scam”, the Dharavi Bachao Andolan said 1,250 acres is double the area of Dharavi, one of the world’s largest slums. Why does Adani Group need 1,250 acres for redevelopment …

Mumbai: Extra 21 acres given to Dharavi redevelopment project
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Mumbai: Extra 21 acres given to Dharavi redevelopment project

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s dairy development department has cleared the handing over of a 21-acre plot of the Kurla dairy to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority. June 12, 2024: 10.4 hectares of the Kurla dairy land has been handed over to Adani's Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The government had earlier given up nearly 2.5 acres of the …

Dharavi redevelopment project: Housing eligibility survey starts today
9 months, 1 week ago

Dharavi redevelopment project: Housing eligibility survey starts today

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The second phase of a door-to-door survey of Dharavi residents to determine eligibility for free housing will begin on April 1 on Monday from Kamla Raman Nagar area for the redevelopment project of Asia’s largest slum. Mumbai, India - March 18, 2024 : SVR Srinivas, CEO of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project interacts with resident of Kamla Raman Nagar, as …

WR issues eviction notices to over 150 hutments for Dharavi redevelopment project in Mahim
9 months, 2 weeks ago

WR issues eviction notices to over 150 hutments for Dharavi redevelopment project in Mahim

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Western Railway has issued eviction notices to over 150 hutments, most of them illegal, next to the railway track at Mahim scrapyard. The encroached land, which spreads towards Matunga Road and Kings Circle railway stations, is part of the mega Dharavi redevelopment project for which a survey has begun on the 450-acre odd area and its adjoining areas. …

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, activists flag concerns over zone selection
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, activists flag concerns over zone selection

The Hindu  

The survey for Dharavi’s redevelopment began from Kamala Raman Nagar in Matunga, Zone 2 of the plan, on March 18. The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited, a joint venture between Adani Realty and the Maharashtra government, began the survey by giving unique numbers to the houses. The survey would also create, for the first time, a ‘digital Dharavi’, an advanced …

47.5 acres of prime rly land in Matunga and Mahim handed over for Dharavi project
9 months, 3 weeks ago

47.5 acres of prime rly land in Matunga and Mahim handed over for Dharavi project

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The prime railway property in Matunga and Mahim, spread across 47.5 acres, will now be part of Asia’s largest slum redevelopment project in Dharavi. Over the weekend, the land was handed over to the Adani Group-led Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd which on Monday began the survey to identify the eligible residents of the 600 acres slums. On March …

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited, a joint venture between the state government and Adani Realty, began its survey on Monday to collect data from lakhs of slum dwellers in Dharavi. The death of a COVID-19 patient from Mumbai's Dharavi, known as one of the biggest slums in Asia, has exposed its residents to the vulnerability of contracting the …

DRPPL begins survey in Dharavi to make Mumbai ‘slum-free’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

DRPPL begins survey in Dharavi to make Mumbai ‘slum-free’

Hindustan Times  

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Adani Realty and the state government, began a survey in the area on Monday to collect data from lakhs of informal residents of Dharavi for what is said to be “the largest urban rejuvenation projects in the world” and “the first step towards making Mumbai slum-free.” The survey will also create, …

Adani promises houses in ‘Navi Dharavi’ for ineligible Dharavi residents
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Adani promises houses in ‘Navi Dharavi’ for ineligible Dharavi residents

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Adani Group promoted Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd will provide tenements measuring 350 square feet to all residents of Dharavi who lived there prior to the cut-off date of January 1, 2000 free of cost. Residents who moved into the slum settlement later and are not eligible for rehabilitation will be accommodated in proposed ‘Navi Dharavi’ colonies, and …

‘Dharavi project tender conditions finalised during MVA rule in Maharashtra’, says Adani Group
1 year ago

‘Dharavi project tender conditions finalised during MVA rule in Maharashtra’, says Adani Group

Hindustan Times  

The Adani Group on Saturday said it was awarded the Dharavi slum redevelopment project by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra through a fair and open international bidding. The Adani Group's Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd issued a statement on the day former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray led a protest march from Dharavi to Adani's office in Mumbai. …

‘Remove Adani, Save Dharavi’ | Protesters stage massive march against redevelopment project
1 year ago

‘Remove Adani, Save Dharavi’ | Protesters stage massive march against redevelopment project

The Hindu  

Opposition-led protesters, numbering in the thousands, marched towards billionaire Gautam Adani’s Mumbai offices on December 16 to express their dissent against the ₹23,000 crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project. Dharavi is one of Asia’s largest slum clusters and the Adani Properties secured the 259-hectare redevelopment project in November last year through competitive bidding. Wielding flags and banners bearing slogans like “Remove Adani, …

Gautam Adani wants to convert one of the world's largest slums into a modern hub. Some Dharavi residents are nervous
1 year, 5 months ago

Gautam Adani wants to convert one of the world's largest slums into a modern hub. Some Dharavi residents are nervous

ABC  

Gautam Adani and the residents of Mumbai's Dharavi slum couldn't be further apart on the wealth scale. "For us, Dharavi is the heart of India, the residents who live here belong to different castes and religions," Mr Galwani said. Without saying how Dharavi's residents will be rehomed, Mr Adani claims in his blog that they'll get "gas, water, electricity, sanitation, …

As Adani Group clinches project to redevelop Dharavi, dreams and doubts abound in Asia’s largest slum
2 years ago

As Adani Group clinches project to redevelop Dharavi, dreams and doubts abound in Asia’s largest slum

The Hindu  

Every morning, Asha, a 27-year-old schoolteacher, wakes up at the crack of dawn to help her disabled mother get ahead of the long queues outside the community toilets in central Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, where around 11 lakh urban poor live cheek by jowl in over 1.2 lakh cramped, tin-roofed shanties in a maze of crowded, winding alleys spread …

Deconstructing Dharavi: As Adani Group Wins Redevelopment Bid, Locals & Businesses Flustered about Future
2 years, 1 month ago

Deconstructing Dharavi: As Adani Group Wins Redevelopment Bid, Locals & Businesses Flustered about Future

News 18  

A parlour in one small room, a cloth business in the other. The Adani Group last week bagged the Rs 20,000-crore Dharavi redevelopment project, with a winning bid of Rs 5,069 crore. “If you compare Dharavi with any other redevelopment of slum pockets or government land, I believe the land value should be notional. Killawala suggested that an ideal way …

What is the Dharavi redevelopment project?
2 years, 2 months ago

What is the Dharavi redevelopment project?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 18, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Maharashtra’s deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis signed a ‘definitive agreement’ for handing over 47.5 acres of Railway land in Dadar for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The agreement, which was inked between the Ministry of Railways’ Rail Land Development Authority and the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Authority, sets the …

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