India, April 15 -- The Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) Authority has urged slum dwellers on railway land in Mumbai's Matunga to vacate their homes ahead of the monsoon to facilitate redevelopment and rehabilitation work. A public notice has been issued in this regard..

According to the public notice, the appeal is specifically directed at residents of Ganesh Nagar-Meghwadi, SVP Nagar, Azad Nagar A and B, Azad Nagar C, and Kamala Raman Nagar, the areas that need to be vacated to build key-to-key rehab facilities for lakhs of people at Dharavi.

The officials said that the DRP authorities have urged residents to start vacating their tenements before the onset of the monsoon or the beginning of the new academic year. Officials said time...