ReDharavi

Impact!
The process of people’s resistance and engagement had a distinct impact on
the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. While there were many influences at work,
the Committee of Experts’ close interaction at all levels of government also
helped effect changes:
dRP AuThORITIES RECOgNIzEd ThE VAluE Of
COMMuNITy PARTICIPATION.
ThE AuThORITIES COMMISSIONEd A PhySICAl ANd
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SuRVEy Of dhARAVI.
fuRThER, ThEy COMMISSIONEd A STudy TO PREPARE
A dETAIlEd TRANSPORT PlAN.
gOVERNMENT WAS MAdE AWARE Of ThE
POTENTIAlly dISRuPTIVE CONSEquENCES Of
lEAVINg OuT fAMIlIES lIVINg ON MEzzANINE
flOORS fROM ThE AMbIT Of RESETTlEMENT ANd
REhAbIlITATION.
POCKETS lIKE gAOThANS, KuMbhARWAdA, ANd
PRIVATE lANdS WERE ExCludEd fROM ThE dRP.
SINCE ThE ORIgINAl PlAN WAS ANAlyzEd IN
dEPTh ANd ITS ShORTCOMINgS METICulOuSly
dOCuMENTEd, gOVERNMENT bEgAN TO CONSIdER
AlTERNATIVE MOdAlITIES – INCludINg ThAT Of
MhAdA ITSElf TAKINg uP ONE SECTOR.
ThE POTENTIAl fOR SluM COMMuNITIES TO WORK
WITh PROfESSIONAlS ANd ACAdEMIC INSTITuTIONS
WITh ThE gOAl Of SElf-dEVElOPMENT WAS
ESTAblIShEd.
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