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TopicDharavi

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.

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Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.