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Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums. [1] [2] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [3] and a population of about 1,000,000. [4]
Dharavi (constituency number 178) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district. [2] Number of electorates in 2009 was 268,779 (male 152,013, female 116,766) 113,732 are voters from minority community. [3]
Dharavi slum in Mumbai, pictured in 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, the state government gifted over 500 acres (200 ha) of slum areas to six developments on a first-come-first-serve basis, without any checks taking place on developer's credentials and under Section 3K of the Slum Act, which bypasses the usually mandatory requirement to obtain 70% consent of slum dwellers.
The poor moved into Dharavi, found work as servants in colonial offices and homes and in the foreign owned tanneries and other polluting industries near Dharavi. To live, the poor built shanty towns within easy commute to work. By 1947, the year India became an independent nation of the commonwealth, Dharavi had blossomed into Bombay's largest ...
The SRA is in charge of identifying slums and launching slum redevelopment operations. The authority is also in charge of procuring land, issuing permits, and overseeing the progress of slum redevelopment programmes. The provision for the Transfer of Development rights (TDR) is an important aspect of the Slum Rehabilitation Act. [5]
99TV is an Indian free-to-air television channel that provides 24-hour news coverage in Telugu language. 99TV was founded in 2014 and is currently owned by New Waves Media headed by Thota Chandrasekhar, a former IAS officer. [1] [2] [3]
After months of speculating that right-hand man James Bender or even ex-husband Ant Anstead would join, The Flip Off premiere revealed that Haack has a team rallying behind her. Here's what we know.
10TV is an Indian Telugu-language 24-hour news channel focused on the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was launched on 16 March 2013 [1] with the backing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). [2] [3] The channel was funded through crowdfunding from various affiliated associations and unions of CPM.