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Special Feature cluster redevelopment view of high street shopping centre Apoorva Nandish Mumbai – a land of many charms and inept – holds a disparate socio-cultural dialect of growing luxury hotspots and deteriorating habitats, interweaved as a labyrinth in the urban ecosystem. There have been several irresolvable issues pertaining to the lifestyle or the living conditions of the people in the unhealthy neighbourhood. But lack of initiatives and smart development programs have further deteriorated the rich community fabric. One such example is the community dwelling of Bhendi Bazaar. Wellknown for its historic boom in the commercial sector, today, it's a menace! The dramatic growth of the commercial segments, the uncontrollable influx of people, limited spatial expansion (or say, no scope for expansion); the disregarded or ignored dilapidated conditions of the buildings by the owners, unhealthy living conditions of its inhabitants and inefficient development policies have turned this to a lousy urban chunk. Looking at the distress of the area, the late His Holiness Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin envisioned uplifting the living conditions of this neighbourhood for a healthy environment to work, live and play, and further, to empower the inhabitants. "Through this project, we are trying to socially, culturally and religiously uplift the lifestyle of the people," says Abbas Master, CEO, Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust. Thanks to the Government of India for its forward thinking attitude towards Cluster Development Program. With this program set in place, the late His holiness vision of redeveloping Bhendi Bazaar to a self-sustainable community is now in its construction phase. With the inception of Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT) to roll out the redevelopment program, they appointed Mandviwala Qutub & Associates as a Master Planner for the urban rejuvenation of Bhendi Bazaar through Cluster Development Module. THE PLANNING The scope of the project is to redevelop 16.5 acres of Bhendi Bazaar urban fabric through efficient infrastructure that, besides rejuvenating the acquired chunk of urban space, the program should also blend with its existing neighbourhood in harmony. Today, Bhendi Bazaar is a home to more than 20,000 people who are habited in crapped up chawls which are marked unfit to living by MHADA. The growing commercial and residential occupancy has Abbas Master CEO, SBUT Ar. Qutub Mandviwala Mandviwala Qutub & Associates 14 Architecture Update March 2016
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