At its core, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) is one of India’s most ambitious urban renewal efforts, aimed at providing dignified, home-for-home rehabilitation to residents who have lived for ...

A walk through Latur Galli in Mumbai's Dharavi is not for the faint-hearted. The passage to Basavraj Swami's 70 square feet home involves ducking iron beams, sidestepping covered drains disguised as ...

The popularity of Danny Boyle’s recent film, Slumdog Millionaire has led to a surge of media interest in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi which is partially depicted in the film. An important part of many ...

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.

At an academic conference in Mumbai last week, some of us were in two minds when the organizers proposed a tour of Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, made famous by the film Slum Dog Millionaire.

Mumbai: The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) launched an investigation by the deputy collector (Encroachments) following ...

High-rise residential towers are seen behind shanties in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai March 18, 2015. In Mumbai, the windows of new high-rise apartment blocks, old low-rise ...

Mumbai, 21 May: The Dharavi Redevelopment Plan is full of big ideas and infrastructure-related surprises, but one that could prove to be a gamechanger is the introduction of a multi-modal transport ...

A portrait from Dharavi Biennale’s “Healers of Dharavi” exhibit (Photo by Carlin Carr) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

The lanes of Dharavi are long and winding. Spread over roughly 500 acres in the heart of Mumbai, they connect the shanties of this informal settlement, home to about one million people. But Dharavi is ...

A major fire erupted in a cluster of huts located close to the Harbour line railway tracks in Mumbai’s Dharavi area on Saturday afternoon. The fire led to a temporary suspension of train services on ...