Symbol of shining India - Dharavi slum

[Shahzaz ud din]

Symbol of shining India - Dharavi slum
Mughals gave India the Taj Mahal which became its de-facto symbol world over and by far the largest tourist attraction in India much to the dismay of RSS, BJP hinduvta extremists.

Now Modi's shining india has its very own top tourist destination and a national symbol replacing Taj Mahal as an identifying landmark, the Dharavi Slums of Mumbai

The Dharavi Slum in Mumbai Just Beat Taj Mahal as India's Top ‘Travellers’ Choice’

Slum tourism might have sparked off a global debate, but it looks like it’s winning the travel game.

Home to over a million people coexisting amidst half-assed infrastructure, the Dharavi slum in Mumbai is the biggest in Asia. And now, it’s become the favourite tourist destination for travellers coming to India, beating the iconic Taj Mahal to the punch, at least according to TripAdvisor, which bills itself as the “world's largest travel site.”

When it’s not being appropriated by the film industry, Dharavi plays host to tourists who want a whiff of what life is like for slum-dwellers in India. These are mostly small-group tours that walk you through the narrow alleyways of the slum and include ‘attractions’ that showcase the area as the hot business hub that it is, with pottery craftsmen and leather shops making appearances.

And on June 20, TripAdvisor announced that these tours have made it to the top of the list of ‘Traveller’s Choice Experiences 2019 - India’, beating bike tours in Old Delhi and even the superfast train journey to Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. It has also featured on the Top 10 Asia list, bagging the 10th rank after the jungle swing in Ubud, Bali, and a biking tour in Tokyo. This was determined by an algorithm used by the website that took into account the reviews and popularity these destinations had with travellers over the last year, which means that while the tours wouldn’t really have brought in more numbers than the Taj sees annually (a whopping 7 to 8 million), Dharavi might be attracting more attention as a package destination to be booked online.

While these tours have become famous after being featured in films like the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire and the more recent Gully Boy, many have questioned whether such tours of poverty-stricken areas are ethical since they can be reduced to a voyeuristic experience, where tourists are made to acknowledge their privileged existence at the cost of those less fortunate.

Still, these visits are said to be sensitively conducted in a way that includes the locals in the area for max authenticity. However, this win comes amidst concerns that plans to redevelop the Dharavi slum into a skyscraper conclave will tear away at its social fabric and give property developers the upper hand.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Modi hai to mumkin hai.
Nawaz sherif was just following the nerandra Modi model by making one or two projects that look good but are of no use and the contracts given to companies owned by family and friends and favourite Chinese and get kick backs .
And the people would chant 'taraki taraki ho gai '.....
Similarly in India , Modi who has not even done a single true reform , only made some showy projects and the award for construction of those projects goes to Ambanis or other rich people who fund their party in the form of kick backs. Even in defence deals there is a kick back and huge earning by the Ambanis at national cost .
And people now are like in a deja vu that development has happened .
Everything in India economy stand at this flase perception and being a such huge market and right friends is helping them . But their huge economy is not Impacting the lives of poor people .

 

[rajiv sharma]

Modi hai to mumkin hai.
Nawaz sherif was just following the nerandra Modi model by making one or two projects that look good but are of no use and the contracts given to companies owned by family and friends and favourite Chinese and get kick backs .
And the people would chant 'taraki taraki ho gai '.....
Similarly in India , Modi who has not even done a single true reform , only made some showy projects and the award for construction of those projects goes to Ambanis or other rich people who fund their party in the form of kick backs. Even in defence deals there is a kick back and huge earning by the Ambanis at national cost .
And people now are like in a deja vu that development has happened .
Everything in India economy stand at this flase perception and being a such huge market and right friends is helping them . But their huge economy is not Impacting the lives of poor people .

sir i disagree with you when you say modi has never done a single true reform . i will enumerate few

Ayushman Bharat: The health insurance scheme launched on September 23, 2018, has already benefited 10 lakh poor patients and could be an electoral game-changer. More than 500 million Indians who could not afford medical treatment for non-communicable illnesses like cancer and heart disease now have access to free healthcare.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: The legislation, enacted in December 2016, is the silver bullet to tackle India’s chronic problem of non-performing assets. Banks have begun to recover debts that had seemingly turned irretrievably bad. “Phone banking” has ground to a halt.

Rural electrification: The Modi government’s push to provide last-mile connectivity to hard-to-access rural clusters has been fairly successful. However, several villages cited as connected to the electrical grid still have households without power. Part of the problem is that some villages lie in areas controlled by Naxalites while in others the terrain makes access difficult.

Free LPG cylinders: Under the Ujjwala Yojana scheme, women in villages now have access to cooking gas. This has both health and economic benefits. Over 60 million free LPG connections have been given with nearly 50 per cent going to SC/ST households.

Sanitation: The Swachh Bharat Mission has built toilets at an unprecedented pace. Since October 2014, over 92 million toilets have been constructed, covering nearly 500 million households in one of the world’s largest operations of its kind. Cultural habits, however, mean that open-air defecation remains endemic. Many newly-built toilets lack sewage facilities; others are being used as storage rooms. Nonetheless, a beginning has been made.

Digital transfer of subsidies: This has cut out most (though not all) middlemen who routinely siphoned off large chunks of benefits due to the poor. Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, had famously said in December 1985, while addressing the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Congress, that only 15 paise out of every rupee in subsidies reaches the poor. With digitised transfers that figure has probably risen to 75 paise.

However, lack of Internet connectivity in rural areas, combined with limited digital literacy among farmers and labourers, often leave them at the mercy of local officials to access their money electronically.

Infrastructure: There has been a steep rise in building roads, highways and metro networks as well as housing for the poor. These are long-term initiatives but the benefits are already visible. According to fact-checking sites, 12km of highways were constructed in 2013-14. This pace more than doubled to 27km per day in 2017-18. In Mumbai alone, coastal roads, a new airport and a large metro network could transform public transport in India’s richest city that has long been infrastructure-poor.

Strong basics

Foreign policy: The government has repaired relations with China, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, built economic and geopolitical bridges to east Asia and west Asia and strengthened the strategic partnership with the US.

GST: The implementation of the goods and services tax was chaotic and its structure needlessly complex. Its benefits, though, are beginning to seep through the economy. Revenue is lower than expected but the removal of octroi, for example, has greatly helped the logistics and transport industries. The absence of state boundary checks means truckers save up to 30 per cent in fuel and time, raising productivity with quicker turnarounds.

 

[lightoftruth]

Dharavi Redevelopment Project awarded to Dubai-based Seclink Technology Corporation
https://www.google.com/amp/www.newi...-key-to-successful-implementation-1940549.amp
It's just a matter of time ,dharavi will be symbol of redevelopment.

 

[Goku]

Dharavis turnover is approx 1 billion dollar , please read this article
While look at this. Orangi slum karachi - largest in the world
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...CBAB&usg=AOvVaw2Ba3M38YFidIaKwO7Zfa07&ampcf=1

Modi hai to mumkin hai.
Nawaz sherif was just following the nerandra Modi model by making one or two projects that look good but are of no use and the contracts given to companies owned by family and friends and favourite Chinese and get kick backs .
And the people would chant 'taraki taraki ho gai '.....
Similarly in India , Modi who has not even done a single true reform , only made some showy projects and the award for construction of those projects goes to Ambanis or other rich people who fund their party in the form of kick backs. Even in defence deals there is a kick back and huge earning by the Ambanis at national cost .
And people now are like in a deja vu that development has happened .
Everything in India economy stand at this flase perception and being a such huge market and right friends is helping them . But their huge economy is not Impacting the lives of poor people .

Dharavis turnover is approx 1 billion dollar , please read this article
While look at this. Orangi slum karachi - largest in the world
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...CBAB&usg=AOvVaw2Ba3M38YFidIaKwO7Zfa07&ampcf=1

 

[Viny]

If India can sell Dharavi to tourists, then you should think about where you have gone wrong...and with whom you are competing....

 

[Mirza Jatt]

Love the way your life is on fire seeing Modi in power in India. You have zero idea about the developments in India... I won't write much, just know there is a reason why he has come back with thumping majority.... India is moving at a pace that was never achieved in the past.

Modi hai to mumkin hai.
Nawaz sherif was just following the nerandra Modi model by making one or two projects that look good but are of no use and the contracts given to companies owned by family and friends and favourite Chinese and get kick backs .
And the people would chant 'taraki taraki ho gai '.....
Similarly in India , Modi who has not even done a single true reform , only made some showy projects and the award for construction of those projects goes to Ambanis or other rich people who fund their party in the form of kick backs. Even in defence deals there is a kick back and huge earning by the Ambanis at national cost .
And people now are like in a deja vu that development has happened .
Everything in India economy stand at this flase perception and being a such huge market and right friends is helping them . But their huge economy is not Impacting the lives of poor people .

 

[Khanate]

What a load of rubbish!

• India's largest rubbish pile is set to dwarf the 239ft Taj Mahal as it becomes a fetid symbol for the world's 'most polluted capital city'

 

[Goku]

Love the way your life is on fire seeing Modi in power in India. You have zero idea about the developments in India... I won't write much, just know there is a reason why he has come back with thumping majority.... India is moving at a pace that was never achieved in the past.

No need to reply these trolls , he doesn't even know that Dharavis turnover is close to 1 billion dollars while their shithole Orangi town is famous for gangwars and terrorism , these guys are just jealous that after 70 years of partition they are still entering Kashmir while we reached moon , our economy is 10 times of theirs while their economy actually shrinked haha trolls are mostly expats probably cab drivers in England , US

 

[Riyaz Syed]

Hindutva fascism aka crony capitalism will make the poor more poorer.

 

[JohnWick]

If India can sell Dharavi to tourists, then you should think about where you have gone wrong...and with whom you are competing....

Do you ever visited the Taj Mahal ?

 

[Goku]

Hindutva fascism aka crony capitalism will make the poor more poorer.

Dude why blame everything on hindutva?Dharavi existed since British times ,there was no hindutva at that time , dont become Hinduphobic

 

[Riyaz Syed]

Dude why blame everything on hindutva?Dharavi existed since British times ,there was no hindutva at that time , dont become Hinduphobic

Modi promised to put 15 lakhs in their accounts

 

[Goku]

Modi promised to put 15 lakhs in their accounts

Indira Gandhi chanted garibi hatao in 1972 , still we are gareeb , anyways i dont care u hate modi or not ,its your choice

 

[Jackdaws]

If Pakistan had a Dharavi, it might not have needed an IMF bailout