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Asia's biggest slum Dharavi to soon be a thing of the past

The Rs10,000-cr redevelopment project will give 59,000-odd dwellers a total area of 350 sq.ft

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It's light at the end of the tunnel for Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The state government on Wednesday decided to float global tenders for the redevelopment of the four major sectors in Dharavi after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis gave directions for speeding up the project.

This redevelopment of Asia's biggest slum, pegged at Rs10,000 crore, will give the 59,000-odd slum-dwellers a total area of 350 sq.ft. Of this, 50 sq.ft will be part of fungible floor space index.

The redevelopment of the fifth sector in Dharavi is already being undertaken by Maharashtra housing and area development authority (MHADA). The state government, however, decided to go for private players through global bidding by floating tenders for the remaining four sectors.

While instructing to expedite the redevelopment, Fadnavis directed the officials to keep in mind guidelines issued by the Union government and also keep in mind large number of entrepreneurs and small industries in the Dharavi area, who would have to be provided with alternative arrangements.

Minister of state for housing development Ravindra Waikar, chief secretary Swadheen Kshatriya, principal secretary (finance) Sitaram Kunte, BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta, principal secretary (housing development) Srikant Sinh, principal secretary (urban development) Nitin Karir, and CEO for Dharavi redevelopment project Nirmal Kumar Deshmukh were present for the meeting.

Deshmukh informed, "The global tender would be floated and state government expects total worth of each sector for redevelopment to be in the range of around Rs5,000 to Rs7,000. Therefore, the rough estimate will be around Rs24,000 crore."

The project is scheduled to be completed within a time frame of seven years and experienced bidders will be preferred for redevelopment under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority scheme. Waikar added, "While floating the global tenders, the consortium would also be allowed so that speedy redevelopment takes place. There would be separate four tenders for redevelopment of each of the four sectors."

In the past, the redevelopment of the slum colonies had witnessed several flip-flops on part of the state government. In July 2009, a global bid was floated but was scrapped at the last minute. Later, in April 2010, the earlier master plan was scrapped. The earlier value of the entire project was Rs10,000 crore.

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