Dharavi Redevelopment Project Achieves Milestone: 53,000 Door-To-Door Surveys Completed
According to the new survey data, numbering has been completed for 85,000 tenements, while door-to-door surveys have been conducted in about 53,000 tenements.
Dharavi Redevelopment Project has achieved a major milestone by completing over 53,000 door-to-door surveys, the highest in the history of Mumbai Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
"We urge all Dharavikars to participate in the survey so that no one is left out of the housing scheme," said Dharavi Redevelopment Project CEO SVR Srinivas.
According to the new survey data, numbering has been completed for 85,000 tenements, while door-to-door surveys have been conducted in about 53,000 tenements.
Dharavi, believed to be Asia's largest slum, has a dense and diverse population. Considering its complexity, accuracy and logistical challenges, this is a significant achievement. About 1.5 lakh tenements will be rehabilitated under the redevelopment project.
Under the tender conditions, eligible Dharavi residents will be rehabilitated within Dharavi itself, while ineligible residents will be relocated to modern townships with modern amenities outside Dharavi but within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region within a radius of 10 km from Dharavi. Residents will be housed in well-planned townships with appropriate amenities such as wide roads, green spaces and proper water and sewage systems, etc.
Under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, every house, shop, educational and religious institution is being given a unique identification number through a survey. Based on this survey, the redevelopment plan of Dharavi will be made and based on this, rehabilitation eligibility will be decided.
A committee has been formed to resolve issues related to religious places within Dharavi in the redevelopment project. This committee will focus on relocating or regularising illegal religious places within the Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
Survey and rehabilitation of religious structures is a social challenge, so this committee was formed which also includes deputy collector and retired Judge. About three rounds of meetings have been held with the committee. The committee will focus on when these religious places were built, what is their total area, how their survey and rehabilitation is complete. It is being told that there are more than 300 religious places in this densely populated area, many of which are unauthorised places.
Some challenges have come up in the survey in some areas of Dharavi like Social Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, where the survey team has returned from these houses 2-3 times. Some residents here are avoiding giving documents to participate in the survey, and there are also such houses in which the people living are outside the city.
Under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, eligible residents of Dharavi will get 350 square feet flats. These flats are 17% bigger than the flats available in slum redevelopment projects. These will also have kitchen and bathroom. But there are some non-slum areas of Dharavi like Matunga Labor Camp, Shahu Nagar where about 5,000 people living in about 18-20 societies are demanding more area. Talks are going on with them. However, 90% of the residents here have houses less than 250-300 square feet. However, it is being told that almost all the residents of these societies are in support of this project.
The government survey in Dharavi is going on under the leadership of the state government. The survey team first does recce. Then the work of measuring the exact distance on the surface is being done with LiDAR remote sensing method. With this, 3D models of Dharavi's terrain, structures, and routes are prepared and a 'digital twin' i.e. virtual replica is being created.
After the base map is prepared, the survey team is numbering the Dharavi access structures and then the residents are asked for their documents during the digital survey. The documents are scanned and returned to them. The process from conducting the survey to giving the receipt is being done by the government itself.
From this survey, a master plan will be prepared for the redevelopment of Dharavi. According to the information, it will cost around Rs 2-3 lakh crore to complete the project.
About Rs 25,000 crore is expected to be spent only on the rehabilitation of people.
Preparations are on to start the first phase on a 6.4 acre railway land parcel in Matunga West. This land is a part of the 45 acres of land that has been sought from the authority for various proceedings of the project. Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt. has already paid Rs 1,000 crore to the railways for the 45 acres of land and an additional Rs 2,800 crore will also be paid through minimum revenue sharing from the proceeds of the Adani Dharavi Slum Redevelopment Project.
With a population density of 227,136 per square kilometer, Dharavi is one of the most congested areas of Mumbai. Spread over a total area of 600 acres, the project aims to rehabilitate over one million Dharavi residents while integrating modern commercial development.
The project is a joint venture between the state government and the Adani Group. The company undertaking the project has been renamed from Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. Ltd. or DRPPL to Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt. Ltd. The Adani Group entity holds an 80% stake in NMDPL and the Maharashtra government holds the remaining 20%.
In November 2022, real estate development company Adani Properties emerged as the highest bidder to acquire the rights to redevelop the slum.
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