The source of this toxic smoke is the Deonar dumping ground, where solid waste has been piled over years to form a garbage mountain that ... earmarked 124 acres for Dharavi redevelopment, while ...

The resettlement colony proposed for Dharavi residents will be even closer to the mountain of garbage – it will come up right next to the garbage dump. “If we face so many issues, what will ...

60% of Mumbai’s waste is recycled in Dharavi. This alone results in the employment of 10,000 to 12,000 workers, reducing the unemployment rate. Debi Goenka, a prime environmentalist who is ...

Dharavi has an active informal economy where a myriad of small-scale enterprises flourish, including businesses involved in leather goods, garments, pottery, recycling and even poppadoms.

For the last few days, Ataul Khan, a computer engineer, has been tweeting to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) about a heap of garbage in Dharavi’s Azad Nagar For the last few days ...

(Cleanliness is next to Godliness). Dalvi further said that henceforth, if a gutter is choked or if garbage is lying unattended, Dharavi residents can approach their community leaders to get the ...

The survey will be crucial in deciding who among the residents of the Dharavi slum will be eligible to receive a free home in the area that is being redeveloped. However, authorities have struggled ...