The Indian government has woken up to realize that many people have moved to Dharavi since 1995. Now, everyone living there prior to January 1, 2000, will be entitled to be rehoused by the developers seeking to remake the community as a high-price enclave. The Economic Times has the details.
But what about the people who moved in during the past seven-plus years?
I'm not a fan of the Dharavi redevelopment, which will uproot families (most will be banished to tiny and crude apartments in areas far further from the center of town and the places where they work), disrupt thousands of businesses, and generally privatize something that the people who live there should have control of. But still, if they're going to offer to rehouse people, shouldn't the developers rehouse everyone who lives there, no matter when they moved in.
Otherwise, the Dharavi plan simply amounts to a high-tech eviction.
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Dear Mr Neuwirth. I would like to get in contact with you regarding a discussion of slum issues and slum upgrading.
I haven´t been able to find any e-mail addresses or similar, so I do hope that this reaches you and that you are interested to find out more.
My e-mail address is: jukka_e@yahoo.se /Best regards Jukka
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