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Dharavi revamp update

The Maharashtra state government seems to have finally pressed the rewind button for the ambitious over Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi redevelopment project (DRP). 
Eight years after the state housing department appointed his company as project management consultant (PMC) for Dharavi, the government has decided to ter
minate the services of architect Mukesh Mehta-run M M Consultants as PMC for four of the five sectors Dharavi is divided into. A show-cause notice is to be issued to him soon. Government officials said the decision was based on non-compliance of terms laid down in the 2008 contract signed between Mehta and the Dharavi OSD. “When the global bid itself has been cancelled, and the rights to redevelop sector 5 has been awarded to Mhada, the government saw no point in continuing with the PMC,’’ said officers.

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