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Dharavi's human factors

Redevelopment is fraught with problems

Adani Properties bags Rs 5,069 crore Dharavi redevelopment project

DLF and Shree Naman Developers were the other two bidders

Realty goldmine or citizen minefield, Dharavi makeover gets wiggle room

Asia's largest urban slum, spread over 600 acres in the heart of India's financial capital, is home to an informal leather and pottery industry employing over 100,000

Maharashtra govt to invite fresh bids for Dharavi redevelopment project

The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday decided to invite fresh bids for the Dharavi Redevelopment project and offer additional benefits for the project, a statement said. This decision taken by the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for the Dharavi Redevelopment project also entails formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for one of the major infrastructure projects in the city. This will also include the terms and conditions laid down by the Rail Land Development Authority, it said. The statement said the concession has been offered looking at the overall slowdown in the market compounded with COVID-19 pandemic. The redevelopment of Dharavi, one of the biggest slums in Asia, throws open over 600 acres of prime land, but the project has met with hurdles over the last two decades.

Welspun Enterprises bags Rs 4,636-cr order from civic body BMC

This takes the outstanding order book of the company to around Rs 12,500 crore, of which Rs 6,500 crore is in the water sector and the balance Rs 6,000 crore is from the road sector, WEL said

Mumbai sees 89 new Covid cases; no death for seventh day in Feb

The active caseload of the city is 902, and 20,073 samples examined in the last 24 hours took the overall number of tests to 1,61,53,525, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data showed

No new Covid case in Dharavi for second day in row; 16 active cases now

Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, did not report even a single coronavirus positive case for the second consecutive day on Thursday

'Dharavi model' helps tame second Covid-19 wave in Mumbai's slum town

After reporting up to 99 Covid-19 cases daily in April, Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi has seen a gradual drop in single-day infections to under below 5 in the last couple of days

Mumbai's Dharavi reports single-digit Covid-19 cases after two months

Mumbai's slum sprawl Dharavi reported nine new COVID-19 infections on Monday, its single-digit case count after two months, a senior civic official said

Mumbai's Dharavi reports highest ever spike of 99 coronavirus cases

In a matter of concern, Mumbai's Dharavi area recorded its highest ever daily spike of 99 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Dharavi sees 62% jump in Covid-19 cases in March as compared to Feb

Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, has reported 272 coronavirus cases so far in the month of March as against the entire February's infection count of 168, a rise of 62 per cent

30 fresh coronavirus infections found in Dharavi, highest this year

This is the highest one-day spike since September

Covid-19: Dharavi sees 21 cases, highest since Oct 6 last year

Dharavi in Mumbai is one of the world's densest urban sprawls

Mumbai's Dharavi reports highest daily cases since October

Dharavi on Monday reported 18 Covid-19 cases

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Dharavi, a people's project

Dharavi, once a Covid-19 hotspot in Mumbai, did not report a single infection in the 24 hours prior to Christmas for the first time since April 1, when the first patient was detected in the area

Seven fresh coronavirus infections found in Mumbai's Dharavi region

The slum-dominated Dharavi area here reported seven new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday

First time since April, Mumbai's Dharavi reports no new Covid-19 case

The caseload of Dharavi now stands at 3,788, though the number of active cases is 12, eight of them in home isolation and four in a COVID care centre, the civic official said

Maharashtra: Dharavi reports four new Covid-19 cases, tally now at 3,547

The Covid-19 caseload in Mumbai's slum-dominated Dharavi area rose to 3,547 after four persons tested positive for the viral infection on Saturday, a civic official said

Dharavi redevelopment project: Decision to float new tender approved

The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to a decision to cancel the tender process for the long-pending Dharavi slum redevelopment project, and invite fresh bids