One cannot deny that Dharavi (located in the heart of the city) is an eye sore (it is a bustling industrial area, generating up to $39 million each year from more than 4,500 industries manufacturing everything from glass bangles to bread to leather goods). We need to create hygienic surroundings and 
offer a better life to our citizens. The problem arises when the vested interests overpower the honesty of purpose to ameliorate the lives of the people. If slum improvement is only a pretext to loot, who will support such measures? All efforts must be made to prevent the builder lobby from minting gold out of the garbage dump and leaving the slum dwellers high & dry. At present, if the government genuinely wants to do a commendable job, it must frame a transparent policy to transfer the land to genuine bidders and more importantly, draw up a rehabilitation plan, which takes due cognisance of people’s needs, for whom the slums are a source of shelter as well as livelihood. The efforts by the government and the builders to create a Nandigram or a “Blood Diamond”-like situation in Mumbai, need to be opposed tooth and nail.
offer a better life to our citizens. The problem arises when the vested interests overpower the honesty of purpose to ameliorate the lives of the people. If slum improvement is only a pretext to loot, who will support such measures? All efforts must be made to prevent the builder lobby from minting gold out of the garbage dump and leaving the slum dwellers high & dry. At present, if the government genuinely wants to do a commendable job, it must frame a transparent policy to transfer the land to genuine bidders and more importantly, draw up a rehabilitation plan, which takes due cognisance of people’s needs, for whom the slums are a source of shelter as well as livelihood. The efforts by the government and the builders to create a Nandigram or a “Blood Diamond”-like situation in Mumbai, need to be opposed tooth and nail.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative
Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative
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