In addition, it will also create 40,000-50,000 flats as a free sale component and to complete the project smoothly, Dharavi has been divided into five sectors of which four are being redeveloped through public-private partnership and one is being taken care of by MHADA.
It is worth mentioning here that the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, which is the special planning authority for Dharavi, had submitted the development draft proposal to the government in June 2014 after which the only change that had been recommended was increasing the area for the BMC's effluent treatment plant from 5.07 hectares to 7.5 hectares; which has been approved by the government. The 16 real estate players incluidng Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited, Pricewaterhousecoopers Pvt Ltd, B G Shirke Construction Technology Pvt Ltd, Oberoi Construction Ltd, Oberoi Realty Limited and Omkar, Kalpataru attended the recently convened meeting for the project, which will take approximately seven years to be completed.
