Hyderabad: A day before the Maharashtra Assembly election results, people in Dharavi are worried about their future. Asia’s largest slum Dharavi — often referred to as a city within Mumbai — is now facing major questions about its sustainability. A redevelopment project for Dharavi is being considered, but its execution is likely to depend on the outcome of the polls. Experts suggest that the future of the project hinges on which political party wins the electoral battle.
Dharavi’s small houses and one-room factories are now marked with red ink, signalling impending change even as the ‘Dharavi Bachao Andolan’ (Save Dharavi Movement) has gained momentum.
One of the protest organisers, Nilesh Kunchikorva, a daily wage labour, raises his critical concern, “How will our income continue if we are moved out of Dharavi? What will we eat? How will our children go to school and college?”
Ashim, a bread bakery owner, shares his fears with the Deccan Chronicle, “Will they…