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- DNA: A misnomer called rehabilitation: August 13, 2012
- IE: Slumdwellers 72.5 lakh, live on 6.13% Mumbai land: July 26, 2012
- IE: Tenders to be floated for consultants: September 29, 2011
- LM: The country must stop looking at slums as a problem: July 20, 2011
- TOI: Non-slum buildings not part of redevelopment schemes: April 14, 2011
- IE: Rs 50,000-cr fraud in STP allotment: Somaiya’s PIL: March 09, 2011
- TOI: Chavan all for scrapping of free housing policy: March 9, 2011
- HT: Experts prepare road map to make city slum-free: March 07, 2011
- DNA: Slum-free Mumbai by 2015, says BMC: Mar 4, 2011
- TOI: State gifts 6 builders 500 acres of slum land: February 01, 2011
- DNA: Business students will help slums become green: January 02, 2011
- IE: Corporators want tighter laws against slum encroachments: December 30, 2010
- DNA: Anti Corruption Bureau probes Rs4.5-cr slum rehab ‘scam’: December 15, 2010
- TOI: Maha slum definition flawed: Panel report: November 16, 2010
- IE: Private players get mega sops to rehabilitate slums: October 22, 2010
- IE: State bans sale of SRA flats for 10 yrs: October 21, 2010
- HT: No corruption in slum rehab projects: July 28, 2010
- TOI: Slumdwellers duped in housing scam: July 18, 2010
- BS: Urban India will look like one giant slum by 2030: April 23, 2010
- DNA: 90,000 slums near Mumbai airport to be rehabilitated: Praful Patel: April 14, 2010
- DNA: Arogya Abhiyan to reach out to slums, tackle fatal communicable diseases: April 10, 2010
- DNA: Slums near pipelines in Mumbai will have to go: April 10, 2010
- TOI: BMC zooms in on slums with satellite imagery: March 30, 2010
- DNA: Onus of slum-free Maharashtra will be on officials: Ashok Chavan: April 06, 2010
- BS: Redevelp. schemes take a static view of slums, whereas they are really evolving ecosystems -December 09, 2009
- LM: Builders make a beeline for slum projects: January 12, 2010
- ET: Govt to roll out Rs 225k-cr plan to house slum dwellers: August 12, 2009
- DNA: Dharavi formula: Pay more for extra space: May 26, 2009
- ET: Bestow heritage status on Dharavi: March 19, 2009
- TOI: BMC admits its officials part of slum racket: Feb 23, 2009
- IE: Dharavi project gets an expert panel: January 29, 2009
- FPJ: Ruia students lend a helping hand to slum studies: September 17, 2008
- DNA: Keepers of slum sanitation ask for incentives from BMC: August 28, 2008
- LM: Needed: a better slum policy: August 28, 2008
- TOI: 12 years on, they wait for fruits of SRA project: August 11, 2008
- TOI: FSI for slum rehab to be hiked to 4: July 09, 2008
- MM: Bangalore’s ‘voice of slums’: June 12, 2008
- IE: UGC programme for rehab of slum dwellers: May 20, 2008
- TOI: Tenants fight for self-redevelopment of chawl: May 05, 2008
- TOI: Activists seek concrete date for slum rehab plan: April 21, 2008
- DNA: Vito Corleones rule the roost in Chembur slums: April 08, 2008
- TOI: Information for project affected people
- MM: Dharavi’s just a click away: Feb 27, 2008
- IE : A slum sanitation plan for the fringes that works wonders : Oct 22,2007
- IE : Makeover critic to count Dharavi beneficiaries : Oct 3,2007 -Magsaysay awardee Jockim Arputham bags SRA contract for cadastral, biometric household
- BS : Housing the poor : Sept 18,2007 -For the first time in history, more people will begin to live in cities than in villages
- IE : City slums go eco-friendly, spread environmental awareness : Sept 25, 2007
- TOI : ASI welcomes HC order on caves : Sept 8, 2007 -The ASI wants to clear encroachments with BMC help at the Jogeshwari caves
- TOI : Slum-dwellers air grievances at SRA public hearing : Sept 13, 2007
- TOI : Slum Makeover : Sept 11, 2007 -State Plans Satellite Imaging, Finger Printing To Avoid Bogus Allotments
- IE : Film society for slum dwellers seeks to bring home lessons on harmony : Sept 12, 2007 -Initiated by PMC employees, unions and Lokayat
- IE : Slum Regularisation: State Moves SC : Mar 7, 2007 -The State has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the SC on the issue.
- TOI : Relocating Slums From the Jungle : Apr 2, 2007 -The first batch of slum dwellers will be shifted to flats in the next 15 days.
- IE : Pune : World Bank looks at replicating Pune’s sanitation project : Sep 25, 2006 -World Bank team is in the city to study Pune Municipal Corporation’s Slum Sanitation Programme
- IE : Mumbai : How New York could see its reflections in Dharavi : Sep 25, 2006 -Rs 10,000-cr makeover of Asia’s largest slum takes off
- TOI : Mumbai:Slums:Govt scheme to rid pavements of shanties : Oct 4,2006 -we are also planning to introduce private participation in the project
- TOI : Rich at heart, this IIT-ian serves poor : Oct 15, 2006 -Slums in Kandivili provide shelter to sweepers, maids, trash collectors, rickshaw drivers etc.
- Dharavi
  - DNA: Govt squarely to blame for Dharavi project’s stillbirth: May 17, 2012
  - DNA: Dharavi rehabilitation: SPARC wants it both ways, loses: May 16, 2012
  - DNA: Racketeers get away with killing a million dreams: May 16, 2012
  - IE: Boost for Dharavi redevelopment: January 04, 2012
  - LM: Global bids again for Dharavi redevelopment: June 28, 2011
  - MM: Dharavi makeover heads back to the drawing board: January 20, 2011
  - DNA: Dharavi potters shape new destinies: July 13, 2010
  - DNA: The Dharavi renewal plan gives freebies to both builders and slumdwellers: July 14, 2009
  - DNA: A windfall awaits Dharavi developers: June 26, 2009

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