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How Mumbai's 'ordinary man' gets screwed on real estate
Profits, and where possible, profiteering, drives the private sector real estate operators. On the other hand, efforts in the public sector have been sorely lacking in the desired push. Public housing, despite the high per capita incomes, has failed Mumbai. #HowThisWorks #Mumbai #Slums #Dharavi #Antilia #Public housing #MHADA #Real estate
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Man who measured Mumbais slum size is no more
But for former minister Prabhakar Kunte, Mumbai would have hardly known about slum-dwellers in the city in the 70s. #didyouknow #Vilasrao Deshmukh #Dharavi #Prabhakar Kunte #SB Chavan
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When Dharavi grows up, it does not want to be Shanghai
From tent cities to pucca neighbourhoods, slums possess a sense of order from their beginnings. Yet labelled 'difficult' areas by the SRA, the slums can deal with demolition but not the finality of rehabilitation. #InThisCorner #Slums #Dharavi #slum rehabilitation #SRA #gentrification
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Mid DayMHADA wants to call Dharavi transit camp and #39;Sion and #39; to lure residents
What’s in a name? We asked the chairman of MHADA’s repair and reconstruction board, Prasad Lad, who has been trying get permission for the rechristening of two of the state housing agency’s transit camps in the city lately. The two camps that he wants re #Mumbai
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Mid DayLove for son turns man into killer
For a 29-year-old father, the desire to meet his six-month-old son landed him in prison as he allegedly killed his mother-in-law and assaulted his brother-in-law in a scuffle on Thursday morning. The accused, Selvakumar Subbaya Nadar, attacked his mother #Mumbai
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PlanetizenBuild, Don't Bulldoze, Slums to Reduce Poverty
"Some people see slums as hubs of sub-human existence and humiliation. But it is necessary to see beyond the surface filth," says Aiyar. "Dharavi in Mumbai has long been called the world’s biggest slum, with 6 lakh (600,000) people crammed into 175 hecta #Mumbai