Adani forms key JV to redevelop one of Asia's biggest slums DharaviIndian billionaire Gautam Adani's property unit has formed a joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority to redevelop the Dha...
21 Sep, 2023, 05.51 PM IST
Redevelopment will kill Dharavi's identity, destroy its small-scale businesses, say residents of biggest Mumbai slumThe Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The group has put in a Rs 5,069 crore ...
30 Nov, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
Maharashtra government plans to fast-track Dharavi redevelopment, fresh bids likely soonIn October 2020, the then state government had scrapped the earlier tender for the redevelopment project that has been in the making for th...
22 Aug, 2022, 08.20 PM IST
Maharashtra govt allows flexible payment of slum rehabilitation project premiumsThe civic body already allows developers to pay charges in instalments. The change in norm is expected to provide relief to realty develope...
02 Mar, 2021, 08.21 PM IST
Covid crisis in slums should be a wake up call for Mumbai, says Ratan TataMumbai's slums have emerged as hotbeds for Covid-19, and is adding to the rising cases of infections in the city. With Dharavi already in t...
21 Apr, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
- As Mumbai races to control Covid in Dharavi, other slums emerge as hotspots
M East Ward, one of Mumbai's poorest areas, has reported 80 coronavirus positive cases so far.
14 Apr, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
BJP targets AAP’s voter base in slumsParty president JP Nadda asked BJP MPs in the parliamentary party meeting in Parliament on Tuesday to devote time after the session every d...
05 Feb, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
Dharavi: Maharashtra government invites tenders to redevelop Asia's biggest slumThe government of Maharashtra has invited global tenders to kick start the process of redeveloping Dharavi.
24 Nov, 2018, 08.20 AM IST
All good fighters come out of slums: TysonFrom personal experience the 52-year-old Tyson, who retired in 2005 with a record of 50 wins -- including 44 by knock-outs -- and six losse...
29 Sep, 2018, 09.53 AM IST
Maharashtra's slum rehabilitation scheme is a gold mine for buildersSlum enclaves in prime localities of the city have turned out to be gold mines for private developers.
29 Jun, 2015, 10.17 AM IST
5-kg cylinder to be available at all LPG centres nowThe move is aimed at making LPG easily available to consumers. Till now, cooking gas was available for domestic use in 14.2-kg cylinders on...
05 Jan, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
Snapdeal plans to launch 5,000 e-commerce kiosks across 65 cities and 70,000 rural areasTo go one up on archrival Flipkart, Snapdeal - one of the country's largest e-tailers - plans to tap 50 lakh low-income households in slums...
14 Nov, 2014, 09.26 AM IST
RSS campaigns to help BJP wrest the Dharavi assembly seat from Congress“The parivar is doing everything possible to help us win. It is like the father helping the child clear his final exam,” said Mani Balan.
13 Oct, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
- Dharavi redevelopment is a 22,000-cr jackpot
Mumbai has often been derisively referred to as Slumbai, and its biggest slum, Dharavi, as Asia's largest shanty town. But the city's muchf...
03 Mar, 2011, 11.30 AM IST
- Govt to ‘reserve’ land for urban poor?
Anxious to meet the “ambitious” target of making India slum-free in five years, the UPA government is considering to bring a legislation to...
19 Jul, 2009, 12.38 PM IST
- Asia's biggest slum Dharavi being redeveloped
Asia's biggest slum, Dharavi, is being redeveloped.
20 Jan, 2009, 08.14 PM IST
- Why Slum Rehabilitation Is Good money chasing bad
The number of slum dwellers in India had risen from 28 million in 1981 to almost 70 million at the latest count.
12 Jun, 2007, 04.16 AM IST