For decades Dharavi has been shorthand for two contradictory things: the hardship of congested informal settlements, and an extraordinary homegrown economy where tiny workshops and roadside vendors ...

Residents are citing a 2024 government resolution (GR), which they claim is detrimental to them. Accordingly, a resident deemed eligible under the survey can be declared ineligible if they owns an ass ...

The appointed agency will use Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology to scan up to five metres below the surface across ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani aims to convert Mumbai's Dharavi slum into a modern city hub, while acknowledging that resettling its 1 million residents will be a challenging task.

MUMBAI, INDIA — Reincarnation is Kallu Khan’s stock in trade. His workshop floor is a swamp of cardboard strips hacked from salvaged boxes. Laborers scoop them up, work them over and give them new ...

Nearly two years after it was first proposed, the transfer of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport’s (BEST) Dharavi and ...

At an academic conference in Mumbai last week, some of us were in two minds when the organizers proposed a tour of Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, made famous by the film Slum Dog Millionaire.

MUMBAI: Residents of Dharavi mounted a protest and shouted slogans on Monday evening, raising concerns about the ongoing survey ahead of the proposed redevelopment of the slum, and also making demands ...

Mumbai, 21 May: The Dharavi Redevelopment Plan is full of big ideas and infrastructure-related surprises, but one that could prove to be a gamechanger is the introduction of a multi-modal transport ...

Located in the heart of the Indian metropolis of Mumbai, Dharavi is one of the world's most densely populated slums; home to ...

Ramesh Moti Parmar, 56, walks as though gravity has turned against him. His shoulders slump under invisible weights, knees bend unnaturally, and the slap of his worn slippers echoes like tired drums ...

Jayanti Keshav Parmar, a tailor, at his home in Dharavi. His sewing machine sits idle, as no one in the neighborhood can afford to have new clothes stitched this year.Atul Loke for TIME Jayanti Keshav ...