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Conundrum of Dharavi Redevelopment: A Case of Systematic Displacement of Workers From Mumbai -Shweta Damle

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White the redevelopment plan of Dharavi is likely to go ahead, issues related to rehabilitation of workers without proof of the tenement are a major worry.

The redevelopment of Dharavi has been in waiting for close to two decades. Dharavi Development Plan (DDP) announcements in the past have been closely related to elections. It has again made it to the headlines because of the impending municipal elections in Mumbai and the Parliamentary election in 2024. The earlier BJP-Sena government had floated a revised DDP in 2018 that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government cancelled.

Now again, after the political drama in Maharashtra, the BJP-Shinde Shiv Sena government has announced the project and issued a related government resolution dated September 28, 2022. With no well-defined program, the current government will bank heavily on the success of the much-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) and other such infrastructure projects in the state to attract voters.

With a working-class population - Dharavi had never been BJP or Sena stronghold. About 30% of the Dharavi population is Muslim, 6% Christian, and the rest are Hindus. The Hindus comprise largely dalits engaged in caste-based occupations like tanneries and leather, pottery, and recycling.

Dharavi hosts a million-plus population comprising leather goods manufacturers, recyclers, potters, garment manufacturers, and many other small manufacturing units, along with a huge slum population that works outside Dharavi. The land is a mix of government land and private land owners plus a Koliwada.

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