Summary:
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday sanctioned a new plan to change the face of Asia’s largest slum sprawl — Dharavi. When contacted, a senior BJP minister argued, “The MHADA lacks resources for the redevelopment work. Two rounds of global tenders — one between 2007-11 and another in 2016 — had not elicited response from private buildings. Making a final attempt to redevelop the slum colony as a whole, the government, on Tuesday, inducted major changes to the project’s technical and financial models. Of which, Rs 400 crore will have be invested within a month of appointment..