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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 …

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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: 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 …

MUMBAI: The inhabitants of the 12-storied slum rehabilitation building in Kurla West, where a fire broke out on Saturday, were project-affected residents who were rehabilitated from the Tansa main water pipeline in 2017. Mumbai, India - Sept. 17, 2023: Residents of the Kurla SRA building are living without electricity after a fire broke out in the SRA building on Saturday …

Mumbai: At least 43 people were injured after a fire broke out in a 12-storey Slum Rehabilitation Authority building in Kurla West late on Friday night. Assistant divisional fire officer Ravikiran Karalkar of Mumbai Fire Brigade confirmed that the fire erupted due to an electrical glitch. The blaze broke out at 11:45pm due to a short circuit in the electrical …