Prakash Mehta, housing minister said that they tried several times to get the bidders through global bidding however no one is interested to undertake this mammoth redevelopment project.
After finding hard to get the bidder for Rs30,000 crore worth Dharavi redevelopment project, Maharashstra government decided to divide the Asia's largest slums in 12 parts and redevelop under the slum rehabilitation scheme (SRA).
Prakash Mehta, housing minister said that they tried several times to get the bidders through global bidding however no one is interested to undertake this mammoth redevelopment project. "We decided to divide Dharavi in 12 parts and each part can be redeveloped under the SRA scheme. Under this scheme, developer can avail the FSI of 4. Currently, we can see only this option to redevelop the Dharavi project," Mehta said.
As per state housing department data, nearly 55,000 families from Dharavi are eligible for rehabilitation under the revamp plan, about 7,000 live in chawls and buildings. "Most of the slum dwellers are eligible. However, we are facing issue and have to figure out who should be considered eligible when it comes to the two and three stories slum. This is major issue therefore we had decided let the developer deal with this issue at his level and come out with solutions plan," said an official who is working on this project.
People who are living in more than 500-700 sq ft of houses, are not very satisfied with the idea of shifting to houses that are approximately, of 350 sq ft. "The existing house owners, who own larger area houses had already suggested the government that they will redevelop their area on their own. There are a lot complications that and as a government we are unable to address them. Therefore, this dream project has been dragging from past 20 years," said senior government official.
Asia's largest slum plan was first conceived in 2003. However, despite Dharavi being potential prime real estate, centrally located and close to the Bandra Kurla Complex, the project has had several false starts due to political opposition, frequent policy changes, and design alterations.Few month ago, 16 city based developer had shown interest to redevelop the Dharavi project but in the final bidding a single developers did not participate.
Government also tried to extend the date of submitting the bid but that too did not help to get bidders.Mehta said that they are hopeful to redevelop the Dharavi project under the SRA. "Now, people have to decide whether they want redevelop their area or not. If they come up with the plan and submit it to the concern authority, we as the government will be always supportive."
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