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Home / Mumbai / Mumbai News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Uddhav Thackeray holds press conference over Dharavi redevelopment

IN PHOTOS: Uddhav Thackeray holds press conference over Dharavi redevelopment

Updated On: 20 July, 2024 11:35 PM IST | Jasmeen Shaikh

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender awarded to industrialist Gautam Adani`s firm will be scrapped if his party comes to power in Maharashtra. Pics/ Ashish Raje

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender awarded to industrialist Gautam Adani`s firm will be scrapped if his party comes to power in Maharashtra. Pics/ Ashish Raje

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said the Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender awarded to industrialist Gautam Adani`s firm will be scrapped if his party comes to power in Maharashtra. Pics/ Ashish Raje

"We will scrap Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender after coming to power. The government should give an answer as to why it should not be scrapped now itself. We will not allow Mumbai to be turned into Adani city," the former chief minister said

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"We will scrap Dharavi slum redevelopment project tender after coming to power. The government should give an answer as to why it should not be scrapped now itself. We will not allow Mumbai to be turned into Adani city," the former chief minister said

Additional concessions that are not specified in the contract are being given to the Adani Group in the project to redevelop Dharavi, one of the world`s densest urban sprawls, Thackeray claimed

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Additional concessions that are not specified in the contract are being given to the Adani Group in the project to redevelop Dharavi, one of the world`s densest urban sprawls, Thackeray claimed

"We will not give additional concessions. We will see what is good for residents of Dharavi and if need arises we will issue a fresh tender," he asserted

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"We will not give additional concessions. We will see what is good for residents of Dharavi and if need arises we will issue a fresh tender," he asserted

Thackeray also took a dig at the government, and asked if it was planning to start a `Ladka Mitra` (dear friend) scheme on the lines of `Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana`, which aims to give women a measly sum of Rs 1,500 per month

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Thackeray also took a dig at the government, and asked if it was planning to start a `Ladka Mitra` (dear friend) scheme on the lines of `Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana`, which aims to give women a measly sum of Rs 1,500 per month

Thackeray said every home is being given a number, adding that the government wants to get Dharavi residents into a trap of eligibility and ineligibility and then drive them away

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Thackeray said every home is being given a number, adding that the government wants to get Dharavi residents into a trap of eligibility and ineligibility and then drive them away

Thackeray said the government was trying to procure land under the slum rehabilitation scheme for rehabilitating the residents of Dharavi

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Thackeray said the government was trying to procure land under the slum rehabilitation scheme for rehabilitating the residents of Dharavi

The government has initiated the process of procuring 20 such plots in the city, which are meant for infrastructure works or development related plans, the former chief minister said. This will in turn lead to imbalance in the city as many the places where the residents are to be relocated will witness stress on existing infrastructure, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief pointed out

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The government has initiated the process of procuring 20 such plots in the city, which are meant for infrastructure works or development related plans, the former chief minister said. This will in turn lead to imbalance in the city as many the places where the residents are to be relocated will witness stress on existing infrastructure, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief pointed out

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