Masterplan proposes 5-min access to essential amenities
Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment plan proposes easy access to essential public amenities such as education, healthcare, retail markets and open spaces within 5, 10 and 15-minute walking distances.
Today a slum spread over 2.5 sq kms, the masterplan proposes that more than 80% of Dharavi will be within 5 minutes from a transit station, that more than 80% neighbourhoods will be within 5 minutes of a public open space, that more than 70% neighbourhoods will be within a five-minute walk to social amenities.
In a presentation to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday, Dharavi Redevelopment Project CEO and chairman of Navbharat Mega Developers Pvt Ltd S V R Srinivas put forth a blueprint for a multi-modal transit hub with Metro Lines 3 and 11 passing through the area with strengthened pedestrian and vehicular connections from Dharavi to surrounding neighbourhoods.
Five new transit points are to be created connecting T K Marg to the arterial 90-feet road by an underpass; a new road is to be developed connecting to S B Marg; the Dharavi Depot road will connect to Chunabhatti-BKC Link road; another connector will come up along the Western Railway line to Mahim Sion flyover; an underpass below the Harbour line near Mahim will connect to S B Marg; and another underpass to Sion. A plan to redevelop Mahim and Sion railway stations with concourse levels plus bus bays and taxi parking points was also presented.
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At Level one, it will bisect with Metro Line 11 extension and Metro Line 8 at Level 2.
Dharavi will also have its own museum to showcase its history, art and culture besides a working women's hostel, arbitration centre, convention and cultural centre, and medicity with wellness areas.
According to Dharavi's 2016 Development Plan, there are 26 schools here which are run in temporary slum structures; only the Kamraj school in sector 3 is in a legal structure. "Students are crammed in small rooms with inadequate space and no playground facilities," states the report. The master plan proposes primary as well as secondary schools along with a community hall and library. A multi-speciality hospital will soon co-exist with an existing branch of the civic-run Sion hospital.
—Clara Lewis
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