Updated On: 23 January, 2025 10:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
RTI reveals politicians promised land won’t be used despite payment being made prior to Assembly polls; Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) paid Rs 319.70 crore to procure 58.5 acre of the land

The colony (circled) being constructed for Dharavi project-affected people near salt pan land in Mulund East. File Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Documents received in response to a Right to Information (RTI) Act query reveal that the payment process for handing over salt pan land at Mulund to the state government was completed in October 2024. Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) paid Rs 319.70 crore to procure 58.5 acre of the land.
Mulund resident Adv. Sagar Devre filed an RTI application with DRPPL in December 2024, seeking information on the land handover process for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. Devre received information on January 20. The state government had transferred Rs 319.70 crore to the Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on October 10, 2024.