India, June 24 -- Nearly a month after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis approved the master plan for Dharavi's redevelopment, the first list of residents eligible for new homes was revealed to Dharavikars residing in Meghwadi recently. Residents of only 16% tenements are eligible.

To be sure, Meghwadi is only a small part of Dharavi. Residents of 505 ground-plus-one- or two-storeyed tin-roofed houses, from this small pocket, have made it to the list of eligible and ineligible for new houses once the slum gets a face-lift. The list, first of many to come, was declared by the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), in-charge of redeveloping the area, and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), which is assisting DRP.

The eligible will get 3...