ReDharavi

Strategy to Prepare a
Master Plan
A bird’s eye view of Dharavi would show a sea of tin roofs, some buildings and
industrial enterprises seemingly located in random fashion. The central element
of the alternative strategy is to map residents’ associations (proposed housing
co-operatives), chawls and occupational groupings and commercial units,
SRA housing and private lands, institutions and roads and alleys. This visual
representation helped uncover patterns, housing typologies and their linkages
within Dharavi, with the city, and globally. The CoE when presented with these
underlined patterns came up with a set of guidelines. These form the basis
of the strategy upon which an alternative master plan was conceptualized.
They also make up the framework of rules and regulations within which the
aspirations of residents for incremental housing can be formulated and defined.
These guidelines are yet to be negotiated with GoM.
government
people’s
organizations
professionals
academics
activists
stRAtegies
objectiVes of tHe mAsteR pLAn
1. mAke suRe tHAt peopLe ARe consuLted At eVeRy
stAge of dAtA coLLection, design, foRmuLAtion
And impLementAtion.
2. guARAntee tHAt no one is eVicted fRom dHARAVi.
3. bReAk down fiVe sectoRs into numeRous
smALLeR cLusteRs bAsed on existing nAtuRAL
And sociAL boundARies, And tAke into Account
tHe need to pRotect peopLe’s LiVeLiHoods.
4. witH tHe consent of tHe Residents of dHARAVi,
deVeLop A fRAmewoRk foR RedeVeLopment tHAt
diVides dHARAVi into cLusteRs of AppRopRiAte
siZe And kind, foLLowing A tRAnspoRt pLAn
dRiVen by consideRAtion foR pedestRiAns
RAtHeR tHAn VeHicuLAR tRAffic.
5. pRepARe A pLAn foR infRAstRuctuRe And
sociAL Amenities witH An oRientAtion towARds
pedestRiAniZAtion, wHicH is sepARAteLy
finAnced And impLemented by pubLic
AutHoRities.
6. enAbLe LocAL sub-sectoRs/cLusteRs to tAke up
RedeVeLopment wHen tHey ARe pRepARed to do
so And in A mAnneR tHey cHoose but witHin A
set of guideLines.
7. tAp AVAiLAbLe goVeRnment gRAnts And
subsidies, And expLoRe ARRAngements foR
institutionAL finAnce botH foR infRAstRuctuRe
And foR Housing.
8. Limit tHe use of fLooR spAce index (fsi) As
finAnciAL incentiVe onLy to tHe extent tHAt
is AbsoLuteLy necessARy to mAke tHe pRoject
ViAbLe.
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