It will digitally collect data from lakhs of informal tenement residents
Survey to begin from Kamla Raman Nagar
Govt. of Maharashtra to decide on eligibility of informal tenement residents
Data will be captured via indigenously developed app
Every informal tenement will be given a unique number
Toll-free number 1800-268-8888 set up to share information
Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL), a joint venture between the Government of Maharashtra and the Adani Group, today announced that it will begin the survey to collect data from lakhs of informal tenement residents of Dharavi on 18th March, 2024. The data will be used by the state government to determine their rehabilitation eligibility criteria under the proposed redevelopment project.
The survey will also create, for first time ever, a ‘Digital Dharavi,’ an advanced library of one of the world’s largest informal settlements.
“The survey for Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) and Government of Maharashtra
kickstarts one of the largest urban rejuvenation projects in the world and is the first step
to make Mumbai slum free. It is the beginning of transforming Dharavi into a worldclass
township, a state-of-the-art city within Mumbai. We urge all Dharavikars to support this
exercise, which will enable us to execute the rehabilitation process and ultimately provide
them with their dream home,” said a DRPPL spokesperson.
The survey will begin from Kamla Raman Nagar, with a unique number being given to each
informal tenement. This will be followed by laser mapping of the respective lane, known
as ‘Lidar Survey.’ A trained team will visit every tenement with an indigenously developed
application to scan documents. A toll-free number- 1800-268-8888 has been activated to respond to the queries and concerns of Dharavikars.
For decades, Dharavikars have been waiting for redevelopment to move into their dream
homes and commercial establishments. Now, the process to transform Dharavi into a
world-class township is going to begin and reshape the destiny of lakhs of residents.
The unique feature of the DRP scheme of the Government of Maharashtra is that each
and every informal tenement holder will get a home. For the very first time in such a
project, homes will be provided to qualified ineligible tenement holders too. Recently,
DRPPL announced that as per the DRP tender, all eligible and ineligible resident tenement
holders will get a flat with an independent kitchen and toilet.
Also, eligible industrial and commercial units in redeveloped Dharavi will enjoy a five-year
holiday in State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) payment to boost and help formalise their
businesses; this is also as per the tender conditions.
Dharavi encompasses several thousand industrial and commercial units manufacturing
garments and leather items. Many are vendors for large national and international
brands sold across the world, with turnover estimated to be in millions of dollars. They are
keen to formalise their businesses to expand and get a fillip, both locally and globally.
DRPPL has engaged world-renowned city and infrastructure planning experts – U.S.-
based design firm Sasaki and U.K.-based town planners Buro Happold – to design a world class city.
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