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The Dharavi Redevelopment Project has commenced with construction on Matunga West railway land, aiming to rehabilitate thousands. Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt Ltd is building railway offices and staff quarters, alongside future tenements for Dharavi residents and others. The project has secured significant land parcels, including railway and dairy land, with plans to utilize salt pan and Deonar dumping ground land. A master plan by Hafeez Contractor will integrate residential, commercial, and industrial spaces, resettling approximately 0.7 million residents. Despite challenges, the project, a joint venture between the Maharashtra government and the Adani Group, seeks to transform Dharavi.
Construction work on the rehabilitation portion of the 6.4-acre railway land in Matunga West has begun following the receipt of the commencement certificate (CC). As part of Phase I, railway offices are being built, fulfilling the agreement to first provide office spaces and four 36-storey staff quarters for railway employees. Additionally, 5,000 squatters residing on railway land will be rehabilitated. Advertisement
Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt Ltd (NMDPL) Chairman, SVR Srinivas, stated that between 15,000 and 20,000 tenements would be constructed on railway land. Alongside slum dwellers eligible for free housing, 5,000 households from authorised buildings will also be relocated. The remaining residents will be rehabilitated in situ within Dharavi.
So far, the project has secured 23 acres of railway land out of the 47 acres acquired by NMDPL for INR 1,000 crore. Additionally, 21.25 acres of dairy land at Kurla have recently been taken over. Payments of INR 319 crore for salt pan land at Mulund, INR 58 crore for Kurla dairy land, and an advance of INR 50 crore for 125 acres of the Deonar dumping ground have also been made. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will determine whether it will finance the scientific closure of the Deonar dump, a process estimated to cost approximately INR 2,500 crore, before the land is utilised for rehabilitating Dharavi residents.
The Union Cabinet has approved the transfer of 255.9 acres of salt pan land across Mulund, Bhandup, and Kanjurmarg for the project, though most of this land is under litigation. Opposition has also emerged from residents of Mulund, Kurla, and Madh-Marve regarding the relocation of Dharavi residents. The government has sanctioned the transfer of 140 acres in Madh-Marve for the project. Srinivas emphasised that Dharavi is a crucial social initiative aimed at ensuring housing for all and urged residents of other areas to support the effort.
Alongside this, the master plan for Dharavi redevelopment is expected to be finalised within a month as authorities continue their surveys for redevelopment and rehabilitation efforts. In January 2024, NMDPL appointed renowned architect Hafeez Contractor to spearhead the master plan, which will outline the integration of residential, commercial, and industrial spaces while rehabilitating approximately 0.7 million residents. The rehabilitation scheme will utilise 10 crore sq feet including land outside Dharavi.
Dharavi spans 600 acres, with only 40% of the land mass (around 296 acres) designated for redevelopment. The master plan estimates there are approximately 1.4 lakh units comprising residential, commercial and industrial spaces. Of these, at least half may be ground floor units which will be resettled in the new Dharavi. Rest of the units located on the first or second floors of structures to be demolished, will be rehabilitated elsewhere.
Household and commercial units eligible for free housing (existing from the pre-2000 period) will be rehabilitated in Dharavi as well as on 47 acres of Railway land. They will be provided 350 sq feet tenements. Residents of buildings in Matunga Labour Camp, Shahu Nagar, which make up approx 5,000 tenements will be resettled within Dharavi.
Those settled in Dharavi between 2000 and 2011 will be provided alternate homes outside Dharavi for Rs 2.5 lakh. Those ineligible for free housing will be provided rental housing. Their tenements will be 300 sq feet.
The FSI available for free sale (tenements that will be sold in the open market) and to be sold as Transfer of Development Rights (FSI which cannot be utilised in Dharavi but will be put up for sale and can be bought by builders across the city for their projects) is 14 crore sq feet. Price of TDR generated from Dharavi will be determined by the Ready Reckoner Rate of the plot on which it is utilised.
Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL), now operating as Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt Ltd (NMDPL), is a joint venture between the Government of Maharashtra and the Adani Group. The Adani Group secured the project contract, committing an initial investment of INR 5,069 crore within the overall INR 20,000-crore redevelopment budget. It is estimated that the overall project will require an investment of Rs 2-3 lakh crore.
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