Dharavi Redevelopment Accelerates: 11,000 Homes Planned
MUMBAI: The redevelopment of Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, is gaining momentum as the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) has called upon residents of Sector-6, situated on a 35-acre railway land in Matunga, to cooperate with authorities and vacate their homes to facilitate construction of rehabilitation buildings. The initial phase aims to develop 11,000 tenements of 350 sq ft each in Dharavi’s Sector 6, which has been acquired from Indian Railways across multiple stages. This railway land is a vital part of the Dharavi Notified Area (DNA), originally planned to be mostly vacant and ready for construction. However, the presence of existing…