After the massive support of Dharavi residents for an ongoing state government survey for the $3 billion redevelopment project, several NGOs working in the world’s largest slum have also pledged their support.
At least eight NGOs and citizen welfare associations met Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) CEO S.V.R. Srinivas and extended their support to the state-government-led survey conducted in the area.
The NGOs also wrote to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project/Slum Rehabilitation Authority (DRP/SRA), overseeing the redevelopment project being executed by the Adani Group, extending their support for the survey.
In their letters, NGOs like Global Giving Foundation and All India Police Jan Seva Sangathna asked questions like the period of free flat maintenance to rehabilitate the Dharavi citizens.
The Enlighten Foundation said in its letter that the residents and the commercial premises owners are not against the project or the survey, which is “opposed only by a handful of people who are against redevelopment and have vested interests“.
The survey aims to collect data from lakhs of residents to help the state government determine their eligibility criteria to aid rehabilitation under the proposed redevelopment project.
The survey began on March 18 and has completed over 11,000 tenements via door-to-door visits.
The Thevar Samajam, which represents the largest Tamil community in Dharavi, said: “We reiterate our support to you and DRP and would like to state that we are a part of the project and redevelopment and would like to be part of the history.”
The survey is being spearheaded by the DRP/SRA of the state government along with the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Private Ltd (DRPPL), a joint venture between the Government of Maharashtra and the Adani Group. Dharavi’s geographical area is just over 2.39 square km in size.
According to the Adani Group, the redevelopment project in Dharavi will provide dignity of living to over one million residents and build an unmatched ecosystem of sustainable living and innovation in the heart of Mumbai.
The government launched the redevelopment of Asia’s largest slum to help improve its residents’ standard of living. Under the redevelopment project, the tenement holders will be provided with 350 square feet of housing, which is 17 percent more than any other SRA scheme in Mumbai.
This story is based on an IANS-syndicated feed.
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