Kiran Dighavkar described Dharavi as the Malabar Hill of Indian slums. He was extensively praised for his management of the lockdown in the third-largest and densest slum in the world while serving as the assistant commissioner of G-north ward, which includes Dharavi, for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) during COVID-19. “Anyone in an Indian slum who receives a marriage proposal from Dharavi is given an advantage.”
Squatting 620 acres of marsh, sewer, and slums in the centre of Mumbai gives Dharavi a distinct advantage. (HT/Raju Shinde) PRIORITIES
Squatting 620 acres of marsh, sewer, and slums in the centre of Mumbai gives Dharavi a distinct advantage. (HT/Raju Shinde
Dharavi has the distinct advantage of being 620 acres of marsh, sewer, and slums in the centre of Mumbai, unlike the two other, larger slums, Khayelitsha in Cape Town and Kibera in Nairobi, which are located on the fringes of their towns. However, the lives of the one million people who live in Dharavi are currently being upended by that location.
“This project would be unique on a global scale,” stated conservation architect and primary director of Urban
Source: Hindustan Times
