India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Riches rise from poverty in Mumbai slum clearance > Riches rise from poverty in Mumbai slum clearance

Riches rise from poverty in Mumbai slum clearance [1]

Seven years ago, the Jatias, a Mumbai hotelier family, bought land in the city's derelict former textile mills district that was partly occupied by slums and was faced by a large shanty town - hardly where most would site a five-star hotel. But this week, after years of navigating red tape, the 202-room Four Seasons Mumbai became the first luxury hotel of its size to launch in the city's south in about 20 years.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2008
Joe Leahy [2]
Financial Times (London) [3]
Tags:
Slums [4], Rehabilitation [5], Poverty [6], Maharashtra [7]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/riches-rise-poverty-mumbai-slum-clearance

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/riches-rise-poverty-mumbai-slum-clearance
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joe-leahy
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-times-london
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra