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Mumbai: Kamathipura 2.0 - from shanty locality to prized real estate

Kamathipura was originally built 150 years ago following construction of a causeway to connect the seven islands of Mumbai

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Kamathipura is poised to make the leap to becoming prime real estate in the heart of the city.

Raghavendra Kamath Mumbai
After years of living with his family in a poky 110 sq. ft. 'house', textile worker Sambhaji Surve dreams of moving into a home four times the size once the Maharashtra government starts its ambitious redevelopment of the 39-acre Kamathipura shanty town in south central Mumbai.

Sharing his dream are about 8,000 other families hoping for a better life when the redevelopment project, part of the government’s effort to redevelop old settlements and make life more livable for some residents, gets underway.

The Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party aims to redevelop BDD Chawl and Dharavi but for Surve all the matters