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’.
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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