MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani aims to convert Mumbai's Dharavi slum into a modern city hub, while acknowledging that resettling its 1 million residents will be a challenging task.

Mumbai, Dec 30: As Mumbai struggles with severe land scarcity and overcrowded housing, 256 acres of underutilised salt pan land in the eastern suburbs have emerged as a critical component of the ...

With the survey for the Dharavi redevelopment project nearing completion, construction for the rehabilitation phase has already commenced. According to official data, the authorities have completed ...

MUMBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's plan to rehouse a million people living in one of Asia's biggest slums is fuelling worries among residents about his capacity to deliver ...

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Monday called for Rs 5,000 crore premium to be paid to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), saying around 70 per cent of land allotted for the Dharavi ...

When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.

The redevelopment of Dharavi is underway -- and in his spacious city-centre office, SVR Srinivas insists the project will be exemplary. "This is the world's largest urban renewal project," said the ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Residents of Mumbai's sprawling Dharavi slum face down a powerful politician eyeing their community for a real estate development in the blockbuster "Kaala", ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. "I was born here, my father was born here, my ...