What is the wish of the Dharavi community?

S Venkateshwari
What is the wish of the Dharavi community?


In an interview with a YouTube channel, a Dharavi resident stated, "We want Dharavi to develop." However, the government fixed it with its industrialist friend before issuing this tender. We are against it. Not the local population, but the land is what they desire. Nobody discusses sending us out of Mumbai; they just discuss sending us to settle. Here, homes are razed in the name of a cleaning campaign.

He went on, "Dharavi is like a miniature India." This place is like a gold mine. Here reside people from different states, castes, and religions. While we support Dharavi's development, we oppose the son-in-law of the government's growth. The public receives little more than lip service from the government, which makes empty promises. Until we obtain our own house, we won't leave here. We have the constitutional right to take to the streets if the police use force. will go above and beyond for your house.

What is the latest controversy?

In november 2018, the state government, headed by the then-chief minister of maharashtra, devendra fadnavis, adopted a new slum redevelopment strategy. The highest proposal, submitted in january 2019 by Seclink Technologies Corporation and Dubai-BRD Consortium, was not accepted since the project will involve 47.5 acres of railroad land.

The maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, led by uddhav thackeray, canceled this tender in october 2020. The Central Government's delay in releasing the railroad land needed for the project is cited as the explanation. Following this, on october 18, 2023, Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav and deputy chief minister devendra fadnavis inked an agreement to transfer the railway land following the election of Eknath Shinde as the state's new government.

Conversely, Seclink Technologies Corporation made a judicial application. The company claims that in order to benefit another industrialist, the state government unfairly canceled the 2018 Dharavi Redevelopment Project procurement and issued a new one.






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