In the Congress stronghold, Rajesh Khandare from Shinde's Shiv Sena is in second position. Uddhav Thackeray had vowed to scrap the Dharavi redevelopment tender if he returned to power.
As the two-decade-old Dharavi redevelopment project stumbles to take off, it has once again become a key bone of contention between Mahayuti & MVA ahead of Maharashtra's assembly polls.
Adani Group plans to convert 240 hectare slum into a modern city hub. Only those who lived in Dharavi before the year 2000 will get free homes in the redevelopment.
Considering politics around the much-delayed project, with Maha assembly polls being around the corner, there’s a chance of the project going back to the drawing board.
Opposition accuses govt of tweaking development rules to give Adani incentives, which both have denied. Incentives are based on govt resolutions issued during tenures of Fadnavis & Shinde.
Adani group won Dharavi rebuilding project in July by bidding $610 million for the project. Redevelopment of Dharavi, where 1 million people live, has been delayed for decades.
Termed as Asia's largest slum, Dharavi is three-quarters the size of New York's Central Park, featured in Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning 2008 movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
The Eknath Shinde-led govt decided to revive the Dharavi project in September this year, hoping to take it off the drawing board 19 years after it was first conceived.
The rules now take effect on 1 July instead of 1 April, the Reserve Bank of India said. New rules may raise cost of raising capital for proprietary trading firms & squeeze profits.
Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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