Viewing Dharavi for slum revamp model

The Delhi government is planning to redevelop the 675 slums in the Capital along the lines of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, which is the largest slum in Asia, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday.

- Alok KN Mishra

NEW DELHI:

She said slum dwellers who have been allotted flats will have to vacate the slums, she added.

The government is also planning to revive 50,000 flats constructed for EWS (economically weaker sections) long ago to rehabilitate slum dwellers which remained unused because of rigid eligibility norms and political tussle between the central and state government, and have since deteriorated.

"After people get houses, they will have to vacate the jhuggis. I believe that Delhi needs a revival, and in this direction we are also studying the Dharavi model of Mumbai so that we can plan the redevelopment of all 675 jhuggi clusters of Delhi...and it will be done in a very planned way. It cannot happen that the government gives houses to people living in the slums and they still continue to hold on to their jhuggis and not vacate the land. The people living in the jhuggis will have to make commitments, the government will have to make all the efforts and fund generation also has to be ensured," Gupta said at an event on Friday while inaugurating multiple infrastructure projects.