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TopicDharavi Redevelopment Project Authority (DRA)

Topic: Dharavi Redevelopment Project Authority (DRA)

Dharavi redevelopment to go on as Supreme Court refuses to halt project

Mumbai HC has earlier upheld Adani Group's tender for Dharavi redevelopment, ruling no 'arbitrariness, unreasonableness, or perversity' in the decision.

Anxious residents to warring parties, why Dharavi project is one of biggest talking points this election

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’s Dharavi slum revamp struggles to secure land for rehabilitating poor

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.

Unique numbers to 3D mapping, Dharavi survey picks up steam, but project’s fate hangs in balance

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.

Adani hires global team for Dharavi slum redevelopment project

The Adani group has said the Dharavi project was awarded through a fair, open, and internationally competitive bidding process. The state government has denied any wrongdoing.

Residents unsure of Adani’s bid to redevelop Dharavi slum amid financial setbacks

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'.

Mumbai’s stalled projects got a kick in 2022 — Dharavi makeover & bullet train back on track

From Modi's pet project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train sanctioned in 2015 to the Dharavi Redevelopment plan stuck for over 15 years, several big projects saw a good push in 2022.

At Rs 5,069 crore, Adani Group emerges as highest bidder to redevelop Dharavi revamp project

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. 

7 lakh ‘ineligible’ residents, tight deadline: Potential bidders voice doubts about Dharavi revamp

With Shinde govt initiating revamp effort, potential bidders expressed concerns at meeting earlier this month. Redevelopment authority says project requires ‘out of the box thinking’.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?