India, May 5 -- Hundreds of Dharavi residents participated in a protest march on Monday against the ongoing Dharavi redevelopment project (DRP). The primary issue was that residents who own a second home outside Dharavi will be ineligible for a home under the Rs.96,000-crore redevelopment plan.

Residents are citing a 2024 government resolution (GR), which they claim is detrimental to them. Accordingly, a resident deemed eligible under the survey can be declared ineligible if they owns an asset outside the slum.

"The DRP has issued a few points that are detrimental to Dharavikars. One relates to the area of huts, and the other to ownership of a second home outside Dharavi," said Nisar Master, who has lived in Dharavi for 40 years. "I own...