Will the international team from Dharavi produce a historic, humanitarian project?

 Will the international team from Dharavi produce a historic, humanitarian project?

Will the international team from Dharavi produce a historic, humanitarian project?

There is enough money and experience to think about rehabilitation as a crucial component of the project. Can the planners in Dharavi pull this off?

Dharavi is more than simply a neighborhood. It has a whole ecosystem of business ventures. Will they be able to use the new system?

Can the multinational group that the Adani Group revealed on January 1, 2024, bring about a historic turning point in the rebuilding of Dharavi, the biggest slum in Mumbai and perhaps the largest urban regeneration project globally? Since Singapore implemented the Land Acquisition Act of 1966 and the Housing Development Board (HDB) of Singapore is a member of the consortium, the country has seen a comparable urban change.

After being put up for public bid some decades ago, the Adani Group emerged victorious in 2022's Dharavi redevelopment project. A multinational group headed by Indian architect Hafeez Contractor, who collaborated with the Slum Redevelopment Authority throughout the 1990s, will carry it out. A redevelopment plan needs to be developed by SRA. Global brands like British consulting firm Buro Happold and American design company Sasaki are examples of this. Singapore's HDB contributes its experience in large-scale house construction for the displaced.

Because of its closeness to the airport, this international team has a floor space index of 4, with height limits. Transferable Development Rights (TDR) may be created from unused FSI and sold elsewhere. The development consortium uses this as cash to unlock the land's worth.

Nonetheless, a $619 million proposal to rehabilitate 625 acres, or 253 hectares, would result in the resettlement of more than a million people. Dharavi is more than simply a neighborhood. It has a whole ecosystem of business ventures. Will they be able to use the new system? Sasaki is an expert in the integration of land, buildings, people, and their settings via a multidisciplinary approach to design. Can it be seen from the standpoint of social housing in this instance?

Buro Happold is renowned for its ecological and eco-friendly building designs. The inclusion of these concepts into the renovated campus may serve as a model for others, with an emphasis on global warming and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Since the Mithi River is now at a halt due to pollution, the project needs to be able to incorporate these concepts into its design while concentrating on other urban regeneration objectives related to water, sanitation, and river cleaning.

Villages inside the Delhi Land Pooling Zone are requesting buffer land to shield them from extensive development. When Singapore redrew the main area and added a green ring to monitor concretization, it took this action. Can Dharavi carry out a similar action?