Tag: Dharavi Redevelopment Project

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About 10,000 flats in Mahim to be ready in three years: Dharavi project CEO

MUMBAI: Construction of 10,000 rehab flats in up to 30-storey buildings is being undertaken under phase 1 of Dharavi redevelopment project (DRP) on railway land in Mahim and will be ready in the next three years, said project CEO SVR Srinivas. The 47.5-acre railway land is part of Dharavi notified area. DRP has physical possession of 28 acres, on which construction for railway quarters is also underway. “Residents closest to the railway land (those in sector 1) will be first shifted to the new 350sqft flats,” said Srinivas. The redevelopment, though, will not be carried out sector-wise. Dharavi notified area…

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No need of slum-dwellers’ nod for Dharavi project, says CEO

MUMBAI: Responding to queries on the resistance to the Dharavi redeveloment project from a section of slum-dwellers, its CEO, S V R Srinivas, told TOI that more than 50% of the residents have already consented to the project. But more significantly, he revealed that the project did not require public consent in the first place because the developer had been appointed by the state govt. “Under the SRA rules, the building society appoints the developer. For that, 50% consent is required. But here, the govt has appointed the developer. In this case, there is no need for consent,” said Srinivas…

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Mumbai: Kurla dairy land will be used for ineligible Dharavi residents’ rehabilitation

MUMBAI: Around 85,000 slum households ineligible for free housing will be rehabilitated in rental housing outside Dharavi. On Tuesday, the state cabinet formally approved the transfer of 21.25 acres of Kurla dairy land to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. In a press release, the govt said 8.5 lakh people are to be rehabilitated under the project, of whom five lakh will be rehabilitated in Dharavi and 3.5 lakh outside the Dharavi Notified Area (DNA). In a presentation of the master plan to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis last week, it was mentioned that 4.85 lakh people will be rehabilitated in Dharavi Notified…