India's Dharavi slum up for sale

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-31 07:24

High-rise buildings stand next to Dharavi, Asia's largest slum area, in Mumbai May 30, 2007. Authorities in India's financial capital invited a global tender on Wednesday to tear down Asia's biggest slum and replace it with gleaming new apartments, but the project is suspect in the eyes of most of it inhabitants.

High-rise buildings stand next to Dharavi, Asia's largest slum area, in Mumbai May 30, 2007. Authorities in India's financial capital invited a global tender on Wednesday to tear down Asia's biggest slum and replace it with gleaming new apartments, but the project is suspect in the eyes of most of it inhabitants. [Reuters]


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