Can Adani Redevelop India's Most Famous Slum?

India's slum Dharavi gained global attention from "Slumdog Millionaire." Billionaire Gautam Adani is now leading a $620-million urban renewal project there, but what happens to its residents? Bloomberg's P.R. Sanjai explains.

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[lantherpagdi]

There was resistance even when singapore did slum rehabilitation. Now the entire planet is in awe of singapore's miracle. In a country of 1.5bn people not everyone will agree to everything even if it's for their benefit. If we start listening to each and every person, nothing will ever get done.

[kindofanmol]

Its crazy how so many people in these slums want the entire area to not be redeveloped 💀🙏🏽

[ratnamsai]

Slums should be redeveloped ....no ifs or Adani would do it successfully.

[TheDURWAS]

Firstly, Local authorities should be strict on illegal occupation of land. Mumbai already has less land, hopefully Shinde and Fadnavis can pull this Mega project off.

[SandeepMeena]

Only Adani can do this. He believes in fast development and long term planning. Hope dharavi develop

[Ritika_Yadav_Bharti]

Thanks you Adani Ji for adopting it as dream project. Let the haters hate, makers makes dreams and achieve it.

[KopparamNaveen]

Looks like Bloomberg was not really happy with Srinivas's thoughts, you were hoping for Anti-Modi remarks from Officials.

[randommedia]

Fun fact is that the people in that slum also don't want redevelopment....
For them the slum is a memory an emotion😆

[gudsabhati]

This western media is unhappy with seeing development in india, ,than how will they portray india to be be very very poor, ,

[Kaif]

"Mumbai always believed it will be the next Shanghai, but unfortunately it remained only Slumbai" made me chuckle a bit. 😂

The revitalization of Shanghai the Govt gave people two choices: 1) Cold hard cash, or 2) move people to the outskirts of town in a new apartment complex.

Hope the slum dwellers of Mumbai will be properly compensated.

[utkarshmangal]

Lots of illegal immigrants and potential terrorist lives there.

[M.-.D]

Imagine having the world media working as your PR agency.

[Johnnyminiatures]

nice to hear slums getting redeveloped. I do feel very likely and sympathatic to the residents living in the slum who are going to live in a social housing provided by the govt. this situation totaly resembles that of Korea back in 1970s until now in some regions of Seoul. Seoul is also a full of old cities and slums with old and tearing rental housings and old small business running behind. Poverty and wealth gaps are as huge as Hongkongers.

[the_dictator_flame]

These foreigners make fun of India due to dharavi and when India is trying to get rid of it they are now worry not because of that where these people will go instead they feel that now after redevelopment how will they able to portray India as a country of Slum
Dharavi must be developed

[Manoj-lgxq]

If he provide all infra and housing facilities for these people it's going to be win-win but that need $2 billion not $620 million

[ThEEqualizer]

such a big problem about the optics of India always being shown in foreign documentaries as a place where everyone lives in slums is being solved and the bloomberg team only focuses on the problems like c'mon if they're giving them homes they would pretty obviously give them some space for the factories also its such a big area everything can be accomodated easily !

[chaitanyatuckley]

The slum is a business ecosystem in itself.

[mukulsingh]

Therefore I conclude
1. (Less Margin on product / cheap rent) is far superior to( life standard of people /image of city& country .)

2. I wonder what will happen to slum tourism industry .

3. How will India will be shown in Hollywood movies without dharavi slum

[IndigenousVoices]

I rather live in Dharavi under BJP Govt than in a Posh Community in Karnataka under Congress Govt.
The Bad days have already started for us People of Karnataka - 5 Hour Power Cuts, Theese did not exist under BJP Govt.

[sanketborole]

How can this many people's have illegally occupied this much space in Mumbai

And on that, because of the vote Bank politics this politician don't even take serious actions on them, we are hearing dharavi redevelopment from year 2000

Imagine dharavi would have been redeveloped until now if they would have started in year 2000
Bloody dirty vote bank politics


Dharavi has became foreign media favorite spot in India when they gives news about India in background they run dharavi footage