Mumbai, India (GroundReport) – Dharavi, in the heart of Mumbai, India hosts 52,000 families who live in slums. It is sometimes referred to as the largest slum in Asia.
But this is likely to change very soon.
The state of Maharashtra, where Mumbai is located, has begun the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, which has been dubbed the world’s largest slum rehabilitation project, say published reports.
The Dharavi Development Project (DDP) is titled "Support Our Slums" and is expected to cost $1.26 billion US dollars.
The project has been framed as a holistic project that has an objective not merely to provide alternate homes to the slum-dwellers, but to create well-planned and aesthetic surroundings catering to all their needs as well: housing complexes, schools, supermarkets, a modern hospital, clinics, a state-of-the art leather institute, fashion and ceramic institutes, a four-acre sports complex, a center for visual and performing arts and open spaces.
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