India, Sept. 4 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday he is very confident of making Mumbai slum-free in the next 10 years. His remarks came at a conference of real estate apex body National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) Maharashtra, in Mumbai.

Fadnavis said the government's broader plan to make Mumbai slum-free would centre on the redevelopment of Asia's largest slum settlement Dharavi and a cluster-based approach to ageing settlements.

Fadnavis said the government was now moving ahead with a cluster-based redevelopment model for Mumbai, aimed at transforming areas that were largely developed decades ago and have since become increasingly constrained by ageing buildings, informal settlements and in...