Kicking off the construction of railway staff quarters, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd (DRPPL) debuted on Thursday morning performing a ground-breaking ceremony (bhoomi poojan) at the RPF grounds in Matunga. The pooja was conducted in Sector 6 and marks the beginning of the construction of Railways’ staff quarters and offices to be handed over to the government, as mandated in the Dharavi Redevelopment tender documents.

Thursday’s ceremony assumes significance as this is the first time that work has begun on the ground. The DRPPL, a joint venture between the state government and the Adani Group, has also moved in the direction envisaged by the Maharashtra government, which is on a mission to make Mumbai a slum-free city by 2030.