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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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’.
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