Dharavi revamp: State govt green-lights MHADA plan
(WorldNews India)

With the integrated redevelopment plan of Asia´s largest slum, Dharavi, still in limbo, the Uddhav Thackeray-led state government has allowed Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) to go ahead with the revamp plan of one of the sectors of the slum. According to information, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Authority (DRPA), on January 16, sanctioned MHADA´s plans for construction in sector five of the slum. In November 2018, the then Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government, abandoning the earlier approach of dividing the slum into five sectors to be developed separately, had sanctioned a revised plan that combined all the sectors into one large cluster to enhance the...