There was no report of any casualty in the blaze which erupted at 4.40 am in the slum located in Nargis Dutt Nagar in Bandra (West), a civic official said.
On May 15, the state Housing Department issued a government order explaining that an upfront payment of Rs 1,000 crore is to be made for the additional railway land parcel included in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
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The government figures showed that only a little over 90,000 homes have been redeveloped since 2012-13 until now. The activists have meanwhile alleged that many projects have been stuck because builders don't deem them financially viable.
Informal waste sector in India carry out most labour-intensive and least rewarding job; most work and live in hazardous conditions with no security