Mumbai Just when it appeared that the long-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Project was on track, it has hit another obstacle, in the form of a strongly-worded letter from a government-appointed committee of experts to the government, recommending that the project management consultant, Mukesh Mehta, be immediately removed.
Mumbai A bold architectural design is now ready for a new Dharavi, complete with pedestrian-only roads, elevated walk-ways with green zones and a huge plaza housing residential and commercial units as well as schools and community spaces. The masterplan will serve as guidelines for the realty companies in the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
Mamata Banerjee is a cult figure." This is how a Iwl resident of her constituency describes her. "She is I sure to crush her opponent, who is no match for her," he adds. This comment comes from a member of the upper middle class, the self-same group that analysts predict is least likely to vote Trinamool Congress because of the Tata Nano issue.
Housing finance options for low-salary earners and the self-employed poor in India are severely limited and have significantly affected their housing conditions. A recent session of the governing council of UN-HABITAT focussed on this theme and emphasised the need to expand financing options.
CONGRESS MP Eknath Gaik-wad, whose constituency includes Asia's largest slum, Dharavi, has assured that the redevelopment model of the sprawling slum will be replicated in other slums of the constituency. After delimitation, his Mumbai South-Central constituency includes slum-dominated parts of Mankhurd, Trombay, Sion and Kurla.
Far from the debris of the downturn, a very different real estate market is taking shape. Developers have begun seeing business sense in building cheaper and affordable homes for people with small incomes. With the bubble of rising real estate prices having burst, even some of the bigger companies are looking at the small home buyer, realising that this is where opportunity really lies.
Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai March 10, 2009, 0:39 IST
Developer to bid for work from those who win the final contract.
Mumbai-based property developer Housing Development Infrastructure (HDIL) says it has pulled out of the Rs 15,000 crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) because the latter doesn
New Delhi: It has been over three decades since 49-yearold Jiyo Devi first came to live in Navjivan camp, a slum in Govindpuri. A lot has changed since then. Everyone in her locality has a ration card. Children living in the area go to school, and women work to support the family
