India, July 25 -- Kumbharwada, Asia's largest settlement of traditional potters which has been a part of the Dharavi slum area for at least a hundred years, saw a tense situation on Thursday morning when the potter community blocked the survey team from the Gautam Adani Group-led Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). The police intervened and took the protestors to the police station to let the door-to-door surveyors carry out their work. This is the first time that a DRP survey is being undertaken at Kumbharwada although the overall survey of Dharavi began in March last year.

At around 10 am, when the survey team reached the 90-feet Road in Dharavi adjacent to Kumbharwada, potters gathered around and blocked the narrow lane that leads to...