now i m not going to bash India for its usual horrible infrastructure, corruption, slums and etc all i would say i think we indians should join and hand in hand to make a our country a better place and proove to the world that we too can be the best thats all i have to say
It%u2019s nice to read about such bright ideas. I wish and pray this dream turns into reality. we should also be concerned about thousands of such slums already existing and few other developing across India every year. I would suggest Gov., N.G.O%u2019s , and People to identify the root cause for development of slums and try to fix that too. Support the Idea.
We should also look at the reasons which lead to creation of such ghettos. The problem starts as people in villages and small towns percieve a difference in the facilities provided to them as compared to a metropolitan like Mumbai. So the plan for exodus to Mumbai takes root. The typical villager will gather his household stuff, and embark on a journey to Mumbai in a second class train compartment, which incidentally is a ticketless journey most of the time. In Mumbai he contacts his brethren who have already grabbed premium government land in a slum, and gets inspired to grab a similar piece of land. The police and state machinery who should have ensured that such encroachment does not occur, keep their eyes closed towards it, as obviously they do not think that they are going to make any money by stopping this process. So another illegal colony comes into picture. Now the dishonest and unscruplous politicians come into picture. These politicians do not care as much for the benefit of the country and the society at large, as they care for their own myopic benefits. So they actually encourage this process, and then when the elections are nearing the corner, they visit these ghettos and legalize these places and provide electricy connection. But these slum-dwellers who have got used to getting the freebees are always clamoring for more. And they are also supported by the so-called social acivists. And this leads to hatching of these evil schemes like the Dharavi settlmn
Well instead of crtiticising the Govt we should appreciate that atleast they are going into the direction of development .. we should not dispute on why dhaeavi why not others.... it will be good to see if this experiment really works... Mumbai is a world class city and it should be maintained like World class city.... then later on this experiment can be tried in other parts..................Cheers
If Dharavi can be cleared then any other slum in India can also be cleared. We really need to spruce up things in India No need to waste time hedging over such issues. The need of the hour is to work hard to improve the conditions of the common man on the street. We need to polish his ways and direct him towards better standards of living, hygiene, habits and work ethics. Only then can we add 10 million more people to the ranks of the middle class. I would like Dharavi to be converted into a decent neighbourhood. If there are workshops then these should be all in on section of the neighbourhood. The remaining areas should be converted into decent housing with ample trees and shade. A park and a track and field course would complete the change. The sewage system also needs overhauling. No more open sewers. All this can happen only when people who see the big picture can step in. The common man in the slum is NOT in a position to make this change. Only his co-operation can be co-erced. If he refuses then he should be over-ruled.
The earlier Maharashtra CM said he would make Bombay into New York, the current joker says he would make Bombay into Shanghai. Dharavi is not an isolated issue.. people come to Dharavi and live because it's still better than the villages they left behind. Unless you work at the grassroot level and develop the whole of India, there is no chance that selective development i.e. Metropolitan development can succeed. All this one-sided development is a recipe for social unrest and catastrophe.
I have a opinion, instead of sitting in the drawing rooms and being critical of every thing someone does and some one does not do, end result is we becoming same as the Dhobi of Ramayana. Well progress and development does not occur just by wishing and commenting. There is an effort and as in science and technology unless the experiment is sucessfull one cannot enjoy the benifits of sucess.
Hence to be progressive and a progressed country all efforts which show the way of progress have to be tried. If you dont try that you then have the risk of turning in a Nepal, Bangladesh or Burma.
If you shed all these inabitions then there is a chance of India becoming a developed country.
Hence only for these reasons above I wholeheartedly support the Government of Maharashtras effort to develop and re build Dharavi. Mumbai does not need any landmarks which say "Asias biggest slum". Any efforts to get rid of that stigma should always be welcome.
For eons Indians have boasted with pride of having the "world's largest ghetto" - their greatest claim to fame. And it's the entrenchd slefish, self-serving polticians who are most responsible for things being such a mess in this India's 'commercial capital' and staying that way. Even with all this hype and hoopla, at the end of the day, the slum-dwellers may still eventaully be forced out, or they will sell up and move to the next open space and start another slum, all with the connivance and approval of corrupt netas and babus. Hopefully the netas in other states will try to replicate the same in their fetid slums they call cities.
RE:Asia's biggets ghetto: win-win for all?
by manoj thakkar on Jun 03, 2007 09:33 PM Permalink
I agree with you. The situation have become so worst that whatever our netas says People usually just dont believe them. Indian people need to learn to be more practicle along with being only emotional.
