dharavi has once again hit the headlines with new developments on the much-touted project that aims to convert Asia's largest slum into a "world-class' locality. The latest on the state government's list is a proposal to amend the clause of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971, which stipulates that 60 per cent families affected by a slum development project give their written consent to it. According to sources, the government wants the percentage of consenting families reduced to 51 per cent.

Media reports say that the Maharashtra government has begun work on this amendment because Maharashtra's slum rehabilitation authority (sra) finds Dharavi a