India, Jan. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Dharavi redevelopment project after the January 15 civic elections. This was stated by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis while campaigning for Mahayuti candidates at Dharavi on Saturday evening. Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the country, is being redeveloped by the Gautam Adani-led Navbharat Mega Developers Private Limited.

The civic elections in Mumbai, which will decide who holds the keys to the city, is being hotly contested. During the Lok Sabha elections, Dharavi voted for the Shiv Sena UBT candidate, and in the assembly elections, for the Congress.

"The redeveloped buildings in Dharavi will be better than some of the projects of the best deve...