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Ahead of the Mumbai civic polls,Maharashtra government today announced changes in the Development Control Rules (DCR) for the re-development of Dharavi slum,situated in central Mumbai.
Addressing a press conference here,chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the process of re-development of sector 5 in Dharavi,would get a boost,following the changes in the DCR.
The Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) or any other public sector undertaking will act as a nodal agency for the Dharavi re-development project.
Under this project,infrastructure facilities like roads,toilets,gardens would be developed to improve people’s standard of living,Chavan said.
The re-development of Dharavi was first approved in 2004. It is aimed at benefiting 60,000 families. As per the new DC rules,4 FSI will provided for the re-development.
Competitive bids will be invited for re-development on government and semi-government land. Slums and chawls will be re-developed on the lines of cluster development. Each resident will get a carpet area of 300 sq ft tenement in the name of husband and wife.
Small businesses in Dharavi would be protected under the scheme. A ten-year corpus fund will be set up for the maintenance of re-developed buildings.
More than one fifth of land in Dharavi is privately owned. Some experts and NGOs have suggested an option of self-development,involving land owners and residents and the proposal is under consideration,Chavan said.
