Mumbai: Extra 21 acres given to Dharavi redevelopment project
9 months, 2 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 Kurla dairy land to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority for constructing a viaduct and a station for Metro line 2B. The Government Resolution issued on June 10 by the dairy development department describes the Dharavi redevelopment project as vital and of public importance.

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No Dharavi land being handed over to Adani: Shelar
6 days, 14 hours ago

No Dharavi land being handed over to Adani: Shelar

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Reports that government land is being handed over to Adani Realty in the guise of redeveloping Dharavi are untrue, state cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar said on Friday. No Dharavi land being handed over to Adani: Shelar Not an inch of government land will be handed over to the industrial house, he added. Shelar was responding during a heated …

After Dharavi, Adani Group wins ₹36,000 crore Motilal Nagar redevelopment project in Mumbai's Goregaon: Report
2 weeks, 2 days ago

After Dharavi, Adani Group wins ₹36,000 crore Motilal Nagar redevelopment project in Mumbai's Goregaon: Report

Hindustan Times  

Gautam Adani's group has emerged as the highest bidder for the ₹36,000 crore redevelopment of Motilal Nagar in Mumbai's Goregaon, according to a PTI report. Mumbai redevelopment news: Gautam Adani's group has emerged as the highest bidder for the ₹ 36,000 crore redevelopment of Motilal Nagar in Mumbai's Goregaon. This will be the Adani Group's third major acquisition, following the …

SC to review Maha’s award of Dharavi redevelopment project to Adani Group
2 weeks, 6 days ago

SC to review Maha’s award of Dharavi redevelopment project to Adani Group

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review the Maharashtra government’s decision to award the Dharavi Redevelopment Project in Mumbai to Adani Properties Ltd, even as it directed Adani Properties to maintain an escrow account for all financial transactions related to the project. STC assured the court that it would meet all obligations undertaken by Adani Properties under …

Dharavi Redevelopment: 5 highlights of the master plan and the ongoing survey
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Dharavi Redevelopment: 5 highlights of the master plan and the ongoing survey

Hindustan Times  

The much-anticipated master plan for the Dharavi redevelopment project is expected to be ready within a month as authorities conduct surveys for the redevelopment and rehabilitation of one of the world’s largest slum clusters. The much-anticipated master plan for the Dharavi redevelopment project is expected to be ready within a month. Here are five key ways the Master Plan and …

Dharavi redevelopment: Construction work on a 6.4-acre land parcel in central Mumbai's Matunga West to commence
2 months, 1 week ago

Dharavi redevelopment: Construction work on a 6.4-acre land parcel in central Mumbai's Matunga West to commence

Hindustan Times  

Construction work on the Dharavi Redevelopment Project is expected to begin in the coming days, with the project finally receiving the commencement certificate for the 6.4-acre railway land rehab portion, said SVR Srinivas, the Chief Executive Officer of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. Construction work on the Dharavi Redevelopment Project is expected to start in the coming days, with DRP finally …

Dharavi Redevelopment Project renamed to Navbharat Mega Developers
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Dharavi Redevelopment Project renamed to Navbharat Mega Developers

India Today  

Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Ltd, the Adani-backed entity responsible for transforming the slums of Dharavi in Mumbai, has officially rebranded itself as Navbharat Mega Developers Private Ltd. The rebranding is not only a fresh identity but also a strategic move to prevent confusion with the Dharavi Redevelopment Authority, the government’s planning body overseeing the project. NMDPL emphasised that the change …

Higher floor Dharavi residents to get rental homes within Mumbai
3 months 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
4 months 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 …

Dharavi Awaits Poll Results to Define its Future
4 months ago

Dharavi Awaits Poll Results to Define its Future

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day before the Maharashtra Assembly election results, people in Dharavi are worried about their future. Dharavi’s small houses and one-room factories are now marked with red ink, signalling impending change even as the ‘Dharavi Bachao Andolan’ has gained momentum. Within five months, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project was awarded to Gautam Adani's company, with 80 per cent of the …

Rahul links fall of MVA govt to Dharavi’s redevelopment
4 months, 1 week ago

Rahul links fall of MVA govt to Dharavi’s redevelopment

Hindustan Times  

CHANDRAPUR: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has stepped up his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging that industrialist Gautam Adani played a part in the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra in 2022. Gandhi said the decision to bring down the government was taken at a meeting attended not only by Adani but also …

Maharashtra could earn ₹5,000-10,000 crore from Dharavi rejig
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Dharavi redevelopment: Work begins on moving residents to Matunga
6 months, 1 week 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. …

Adani Group sought 540-acre land to complete Dharavi project, alleges Thackeray, demands scrapping of tender
8 months, 1 week ago

Adani Group sought 540-acre land to complete Dharavi project, alleges Thackeray, demands scrapping of tender

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena has opposed giving any additional sops to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd other than those mentioned in the tender. The party has claimed that the Adani Group, which is implementing the project, has sought additional land space of 540-acre to complete the project, which is not part of the tender conditions. Uddhav Thackeray Party chief Uddhav …

Will scrap Dharavi redevelopment project tender, won't let Mumbai turn into Adani city: Uddhav
8 months, 1 week ago

Will scrap Dharavi redevelopment project tender, won't let Mumbai turn into Adani city: Uddhav

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender awarded to industrialist Gautam Adani's firm will be scrapped if his party comes to power in Maharashtra. Addressing a press conference, Thackeray said his party will ensure Dharavi residents and businesses are not uprooted, adding that people staying there must be given 500 square feet …

Mumbai real estate market: 5 things you need to know about Dharavi redevelopment project
8 months, 3 weeks 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 transfer to Adani group in Dharavi slum redevelopment project: Report
9 months, 1 week ago

No land transfer to Adani group in Dharavi slum redevelopment project: Report

Hindustan Times  

The world's largest slum redevelopment project involves no land transfer to Special Purpose Vehicle created for the project or to the Adani group. Sources close to the project told ANI that land transfer will be done to Dharavi Redevelopment Project/slum rehabilitation authority which is part of Maharashtra government housing department. The ₹23,000 crore slum redevelopment project comes under controversy after …

No land to Adani group, Dharavi land transfer to Maha govt depts; Adani only a developer: Sources
9 months, 1 week 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
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Four residents groups in Kurla oppose Dharavi resettlement on dairy land
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Four residents groups in Kurla oppose Dharavi resettlement on dairy land

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Marking their distinction from the political protest, four resident groups in Kurla - with a total strength of 10,000 - plan to get together to discuss their action plan in opposing the use of the dairy land in Nehru Nagar for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. “All we’re demanding is a public park to come up in the place of …

Railways may lease out land to real estate developers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Railways may lease out land to real estate developers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

India’s largest landowner, the Indian Railways, has identified 341.93 hectares of prime land across the country which will be given out to private developers on a 90-year-lease, and from which the railways hopes to generate ₹5000 crore. In Mumbai, the railways are looking to hive off 110.46 hectares at Grant Road, Tardeo, Parel, Bandra east and west, Carnac Bunder among …

Dharavi redevelopment project: Housing eligibility survey starts today
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, activists flag concerns over zone selection
1 year 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 …

Dharavi redevelopment survey begins, 105 houses surveyed
1 year 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’
1 year 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 Group's Dharavi plan begins next week: All you need to know
1 year ago

Adani Group's Dharavi plan begins next week: All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Adani Group is set to begin mapping Asia’s largest slum, a highly valuable area at the heart of Mumbai that the port-to-power conglomerate will redevelop starting March 18. The survey, which will create the world’s first digital map of a vast informal settlement using laser mapping technology, will kickstart Adani’s efforts to make India’s financial capital slum free, the spokesperson …

Adani promises houses in ‘Navi Dharavi’ for ineligible Dharavi residents
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Int’l planners, designers to prepare master plan for Dharavi project
1 year, 2 months ago

Int’l planners, designers to prepare master plan for Dharavi project

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Limited a special purpose vehicle formed by Adani group for the redevelopment of Dharavi in the next important step has decided to appoint internationally renowned planners and designers to prepare the master plan for the project, which is considered as one of the largest slum areas in Asia. HT Image DRPPL is in the process …

‘Dharavi project tender conditions finalised during MVA rule in Maharashtra’, says Adani Group
1 year, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, …

Adani Group to begin Dharavi redevelopment project, say reports
1 year, 4 months ago

Adani Group to begin Dharavi redevelopment project, say reports

India TV News  

Maharashtra: The Adani Group may begin the Dharavi redevelopment project in Mumbai and is likely to invest Rs 12,500 crore, according to a report by Mint. The Adani Group, led by industrialist Gautam Adani, had emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment Project and bagged it with its Rs 5,069-crore bid in the 2022 tender process. The …

New tender process for Dharavi slum redevelopment transparent; no undue favour to Adani Group: Maharashtra government to Bombay High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

New tender process for Dharavi slum redevelopment transparent; no undue favour to Adani Group: Maharashtra government to Bombay High Court

The Hindu  

The new tender issued in 2022 for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai was transparent and no undue favour was shown to the highest bidder Adani Group, the Maharashtra government has submitted to the Bombay High Court. I say that the new tender process was conducted in an absolutely transparent manner and in fact the new tender attracted more …

Mumbai's Dharavi slum and Adani's plans to redevelop it: Timeline
1 year, 7 months ago

Mumbai's Dharavi slum and Adani's plans to redevelop it: Timeline

Hindustan Times  

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani aims to convert Mumbai's Dharavi slum into a modern city hub, while acknowledging that resettling its 1 million residents will be a challenging task. 1971-76: The state government of Maharashtra passes a law to improve living conditions of the Mumbai slum, providing residents with taps, toilets and electrical connections. 2018: Maharashtra issues a tender for redevelopment …

Dharavi Redevelopment Project: State issues Letter of Award to Adani Group
1 year, 8 months ago

Dharavi Redevelopment Project: State issues Letter of Award to Adani Group

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Within a week after issuing the first order approving Adani Group’s bid for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, the state government has given the Letter of Award to Adani Properties to execute the project and form a Special Purpose Vehicle. HT Image As per the bid conditions and LOA, Adani Properties will have to complete the signing of a Memorandum …

SRA asked to pitch in ₹300 crore for Dharavi Redevelopment Project
1 year, 10 months ago

SRA asked to pitch in ₹300 crore for Dharavi Redevelopment Project

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The state government has directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to contribute ₹300 crore to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, of which ₹200 crore will be allotted to Rail Land Development Authority towards the 45-acre railway land and ₹100 crore will be diverted towards DRP’s equity in the Special Purpose Vehicle to be created for the Dharavi project. It was agreed …

Malvani slums to be redeveloped like Dharavi Project
2 years ago

Malvani slums to be redeveloped like Dharavi Project

Hindustan Times  

The 1,200-acre land mass of Malvani, known for its large slum colonies, will be developed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on the lines of the Dharavi redevelopment project. Chahal will be the first CEO of the Dharavi Redevelopment project, and BMC officers said this experience would count a lot in the Malvani redevelopment plan. While Dharavi measures around 270 acres, …

Cabinet approves Adani’s bid for Dharavi redevelopment
2 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet approves Adani’s bid for Dharavi redevelopment

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet on Friday approved the bid of the Adani group in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. HT Image Bids for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project were opened at the end of November and the Adani group, with a bid of ₹5,069 crore, was declared the winner. When Adani’s bid came up for approval, officers and ministers discussed the issue …

As Adani Group clinches project to redevelop Dharavi, dreams and doubts abound in Asia’s largest slum
2 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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 …

Adani Group bags Dharavi redevelopment project with Rs 5,069 crore bid
2 years, 3 months ago

Adani Group bags Dharavi redevelopment project with Rs 5,069 crore bid

India TV News  

The Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment Project, a top official said on Tuesday. The group has put in a Rs 5,069 crore bid for the redevelopment of one of the largest slum sprawls in the world, outbidding DLF, which had quoted Rs 2,025 crore, chief executive officer of the project SVR Srinivas …

Adani Group Wins Dharavi Redevelopment Project With Rs 5,069 Crore Bid
2 years, 3 months ago

Adani Group Wins Dharavi Redevelopment Project With Rs 5,069 Crore Bid

News 18  

Mumbai’s Dharavi is set for a makeover as Adani Group has won the bid for the redevelopment of one of the largest slum clusters in Asia. Financial bids for the global tender floated on October 1 for the Dharavi redevelopment project were opened today. We will now further go with the approval from the state government and also form a …

DLF, Adani, Naman Group bid for Dharavi redevelopment project
2 years, 4 months ago

DLF, Adani, Naman Group bid for Dharavi redevelopment project

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government has received bids from DLF Group, Adani Group and Naman Group for the redevelopment of Dharavi, one of the largest slum clusters in the world. Srinivas, chief executive officer of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project and commissioner of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority said, “We have received three bids, we will now do the technical scrutiny in …

All about the Dharavi Redevelopment Project
2 years, 4 months ago

All about the Dharavi Redevelopment Project

The Hindu  

Dharavi, in the heart of Mumbai, is Asia’s largest slum. On October 18, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Maharashtra’s deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis signed a ‘definitive agreement’ for this purpose. Under this, over 47.5 acres of Railway land in Dadar, in central Mumbai, has been handed over for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. As per the Slum Rehabilitation Authority …

What is the Dharavi redevelopment project?
2 years, 5 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 …

Maharashtra govt floats global tender for Dharavi redevelopment project
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra govt floats global tender for Dharavi redevelopment project

Live Mint  

A week after deciding to invite fresh bids for the Dharavi Redevelopment project, the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government on 1 October floated a global tender, which is estimated to cost over ₹20,000 crore. However, it will be premature to comment on the date of work commencement as currently the timeline for completion of the bidding process is set," Moneycontrol quoted …

Opinion | India’s failure to address its urban slum problem
6 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | India’s failure to address its urban slum problem

Live Mint  

Dharavi is shorthand for the challenges and complexities of Indian urbanization. Various combinations of rent control, opaque and distorted land markets, stifling regulation and laughably low floor space indexes have resulted in a severe lack of affordable housing in India’s premier cities. Failure to take slum dweller representatives on board meant that the informal economic networks underlying Dharavi’s economy would …

Maharashtra government revives its Dharavi revamp plan
6 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra government revives its Dharavi revamp plan

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen years after it was first proposed, the state government has floated yet another plan to redevelop the sprawling slums of Dharavi. The state government has floated yet another plan to redevelop the sprawling slums of Dharavi. On Tuesday, the state cabinet approved the setting up of a special purpose vehicle to implement the 535-acre, ₹22,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project, which …

Mumbai’s Slum Redevelopment scheme way behind schedule
15 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai’s Slum Redevelopment scheme way behind schedule

The Hindu  

Maharashtra government’s initiative of making Mumbai a slum-free city by 2015 is way behind the schedule with hardly 1.5 lakh houses constructed over the past 14 years against the targeted 8 lakh. The Rs 32,000-crore Slum Redevelopment Authority scheme was introduced in 1995 by the then Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government with a view to rehabilitate millions of slum—dwellers in …

Dharavi depressed
15 years, 4 months ago

Dharavi depressed

Hindustan Times  

“I think we will have to live like this all our lives.” HT Image Radheshyam Gupta’s words echo the frustration running through the sunshine-starved bylanes of Dharavi — India’s biggest slum. A resident of Dharavi for 25 years, the 27-year-old bank clerk hoped that the ambitious, Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project would change the quality of life in the 213-hectare …

Dharavi depressed
15 years, 4 months ago

Dharavi depressed

Hindustan Times  

“I think we will have to live like this all our lives.” HT Image Radheshyam Gupta’s words echo the frustration running through the sunshine-starved bylanes of Dharavi — India’s biggest slum. A resident of Dharavi for 25 years, the 27-year-old bank clerk hoped that the ambitious, Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project would change the quality of life in the 213-hectare …

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