hembo
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I can't understand why is there lots of hues and cries over Dharavi Rehabilitation Program.
For starters, it was/ is supposedly one of the biggest slum in the world & got some attention through BBC & the movie "Dharavi"
Secondly, there are suspision of corruption in design & engineering of the proposed new residencial apartment. Also, there are doubts that the ones who gets one of those new apartment will rent it out and go back to live in other Slam area.
And thirdly, after the relocation was declared, thousands of new slum dwellers had arrived & been living in Dharavi, which makes it difficult to cover entire Dharavi populace by the rehabilation programme. And also, it makes the dream of wiping the slum out of Mumbai's map seems a tad difficult.
It would require some harsh decisions, which, no political parties would risk taking..
My two cents..