Big headline again about the Dharavi redevelopment project.
Some even claim 50,000 people are being moved to a landfill dump.
That’s not just wrong — it’s fear-mongering.
Let’s talk about facts. 👇
First: No one is being “dumped” at a garbage site. It is a planned project not a eviction.
People who lived in Dharavi before 2000 will get free homes — built right where they already live.
People who came between 2000–2011 will also get homes, but at a very low rent.
These homes are with proper water, electricity, sewage, gas, and other facilities.
Yes, Deonar is one of the locations being considered.
But here’s the full picture:
➡It’s a 124-acre plot that will be made fully livable
➡ It’s a notified urban resettlement area, not an active landfill
➡ Other locations include Kurla, Wadala, and Kanjurmarg
Contractors, port workers, airport staff, warehousing crew, solar field engineers all invisible to your elite ecosystem of Lutyens spreadsheets and outrage hashtags.
Multiply your 24k number by 10, and add a few ten-thousand more. That’s how many people Adani Group actually employs more than 2.5 lakh.
Now add 80,000 vendors and their employees across the supply chain and the number easily crosses 4 lakh.
3. You think 24,000 people built all this?
World’s largest solar park (Khavda, Gujarat)
India’s largest private port (Mundra)
7 airports including Mumbai, Lucknow, Ahmedabad
20,000+ lane-km of national expressways
India’s largest private thermal & green power plants