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Topic: Dharavi

Dharavi is a ticking bomb in the Covid-19 challenge, nothing being rolled out will be enough

The police deployed is finding it very difficult to contain people in the small rooms and keep them from moving around, especially when toilets are common.

TOI says ‘Diwali feeling in April’ at 9 pm, Mint, BS, Mirror alarmed by ‘time bomb’ Dharavi

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

How Mumbai is racing to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Dharavi

Keeping the contagion from spreading in Dharavi could help prevent hospitals in Mumbai and across India from being overwhelmed.

3 elections & 15 years later, Dharavi still gets same political promise — redevelopment

First mooted in 2004, Dharavi redevelopment is yet to take off, despite Fadnavis govt fast-tracking project ahead of Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.

On edge of election season, Dharavi makeover project looks set for takeoff again

Since the Dharavi redevelopment project was conceived in 2004, successive state governments seem to have taken major decisions just ahead of elections.

Railway minister Piyush Goyal allocates 45 acres for Dharavi’s redevelopment

The land will open the vistas for huge amount of redevelopment and slum rehabilitation, he said.

Maharashtra govt’s plan for Dharavi makeover has just one taker

About 20 consortia had expressed an interest in the project, but only one has submitted a bid. Devendra Fadnavis’ govt has extended the deadline to 15 Jan

Dharavi revamp gets Fadnavis govt nod: Last-ditch effort to revive project or 2019 ploy?

Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government recently approved a redevelopment plan for Dharavi. Dharavi revamp has been in the works for the last 15 years, with...

How Bimal Roy’s Sujata and Pa Ranjith’s Kaala show changing Dalit politics in 60 years

The long shadow of the Gandhian thought is distinctly recognisable in Sujata, a film about overcoming prejudice.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.