Dharavi Slum
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Dharavi Redevelopment Project survey nears completion with strong resident participation
Maharashtra | Jul 26, 2025, 08:07 AM ISTDharavi Redevelopment Project: The DRP helpline has emerged as a crucial tool for communication, allowing residents to ask questions, resolve doubts, and express concerns. Of the 300+ calls received specifically about eligibility in the last month, many involved requests for required documents.
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Dharavi makeover begins: Over 75 pc of households eligible in first redevelopment list | Details
Maharashtra | Jul 02, 2025, 10:31 PM ISTThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project has called for suggestions and objections from affected tenement holders regarding the Draft Annexure-II. Residents can submit their feedback to the DRP office by July 5, as part of efforts to promote transparency and public participation in the ongoing process.
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Dharavi mosque case: Provocative videos shared to call outsiders for protest
Maharashtra | Sep 21, 2024, 07:19 PM ISTMaharashtra Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha asserted that the demolition of illegal construction will take place at any cost. He said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will demolish the illegal construction after seven days.
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Uddhav takes on govt over Dharavi redevelopment project: 'Will not let Mumbai turn into Adani city'
Maharashtra | Jul 21, 2024, 10:17 AM ISTThackeray said that he won't let Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah's plans turn Mumbai into an "Adani city".
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Adani Group to begin Dharavi redevelopment project, say reports
Maharashtra | Nov 08, 2023, 08:52 PM ISTDharavi, located in the central part of the country's financial capital and among the biggest slum clusters in the world, is a hub for several small-scale, unorganised industries that manufacture medicines, leather, footwear, clothes etc.
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Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, now Covid-free
News | Aug 12, 2021, 09:18 PM ISTDharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai, is now Covid-free. Earlier in April, it became a hotspot of coronavirus infections when the second wave of the pandemic was at its peak in Maharashtra.
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Mumbai to screen 25 lakh residents in Dharavi-model COVID-19 response plan
India | Jun 25, 2020, 11:07 AM ISTMumbai to Implement 'Dharavi Model' in Suburbs, Screen 25 Lakh Residents in a Week as Cases Surge. Meanwhile, global COVID-19 Cases have surged to top 9.4 million.
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Mumbai's Dharavi hotspot crosses 1,500 coronavirus cases
India | May 25, 2020, 11:14 AM ISTMumbai has been the epicenter of coronavirus cases, not just in Maharashtra but in the entire country. Considering COVID-19 cases in the metropolitan including Thane Division, comprises Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, the metropolitan has 38,585 cases touching the 40,000-mark.
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16 new coronavirus cases reported in Dharavi; slum area tally rises to 117
India | Apr 18, 2020, 07:15 PM IST16 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Mumbai's Dharavi slum on Saturday, taking the tally to 117. The number of coronavirus patients in Mumbai rose to 2,120 on Friday with 77 more persons testing positive for infection.
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Coronavirus in Mumbai: Dharavi reports 11 new COVID-19 cases; Slum area tally rises to 71
India | Apr 16, 2020, 02:32 PM ISTThe number of coronavirus cases in Dharavi reached 71 after 11 more people tested positive for the disease in the slum area of Mumbai on Thursday, a civic official said.
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Coronavirus in Mumbai: Dharavi man who died due to COVID-19 hosted 10 Tablighi Jamaat members
India | Apr 04, 2020, 11:37 AM ISTThe police investigation further reveals that 10 Tablighi Jamaat members stayed in one of deceased's vacant houses in Dharavi between March 22 anf March 24. Also, Of them, four members visited him before heading for Kerala on March 27.
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Know more about Dharavi slum, now a tourist destination
India | Mar 22, 2014, 06:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: Dharavi slum was founded in 1880s during the British colonial era. It is spread over 557 acres and houses nearly one million people. Dharavi remains unique among slums in Asia. It is a
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Sholay Editor Lives In Mumbai's Dharavi Slum
Bollywood | Feb 12, 2011, 05:05 PM ISTMumbai, Feb 12: He cannot get over the fact that he has ended up in Dharavi's slums. M S Shinde, the man who has edited over 100 hit films, including Sholay, Seeta Aur Geeta and