This is an archive article published on August 1, 2025
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Dharavi Redevelopment Project: Door-to-door survey to end on August 12
Officials said residents can still be enlisted in the survey list if they call the Dharavi Redevelopment Project helpline and submit supporting documents in-person before the authorities.
The officials stated that they would treat households outside of August 12 coverage as those who opted out of the government program, except if they apply subsequently. (File photo)
Officials associated with the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) Friday informed that the door-to-door household survey being carried out under the Project will end on August 12.
The survey, which began in March 2024, is intended to ascertain the eligibility of residents for resettlement under the government-supported redevelopment scheme.
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Though survey teams will no longer make house visits after August 12, officials said residents can still be enlisted in the survey list if they call the DRP helpline and submit supporting documents in-person before the authorities.
“We would assure that we keep receiving such submissions from these residents and enter them into the official record after checks,” a DRP official said.
The cut-off date for free resettlement in Dharavi has been set at January 1, 2000. Anyone who can establish that they had settled in Dharavi by this date is entitled to a 350 sq ft flat in the redeveloped complex. People who moved in between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2011, are eligible for 300 sq ft accommodation outside Dharavi under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), either on rental or at a nominal buying rate.
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The officials added that the team has surveyed over one lakh tenements and plots in Dharavi. Overall, the authorities anticipate mapping and constructing about 1.2 lakh tenements. These would be distributed across Dharavi and other places like Kurla, Mulund, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, and Malad.
The officials stated that they would treat households outside of August 12 coverage as those who opted out of the government program, except if they apply subsequently.
A DRP official added, “The Majority of Dharavi has already been surveyed. There remain only a few pockets like Kumbharwada and Compound 13, or private landowner areas, where the process is pending. If any of the residents of such areas call the helpline and produce proper documents, we will include them at once.”
Recently, the Maharashtra cabinet approved a policy in favour of accommodating commercial tenants who do not own the buildings but have been operating from Dharavi. These traders will be provided space in the 10 per cent commercial space reserved in the rehabilitation complexes.
Under the DRP, the government envisages redeveloping the region into a township with comprehensive housing, commercial properties, and public infrastructure.
The officials stated that they would treat households outside of August 12 coverage as those who opted out of the government program, except if they apply subsequently. (File photo) 
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