The ambitious Dharavi makeover plan is staring at yet another hurdle. After facing starting trouble because of a confrontationist approach taken by locals, who recently blocked the laying of a foundation stone for a building in Sector Number 5, the project is now seeing a fresh obstacle before it — a delay in the survey to determine families eligible for rehabilitation.

A matter of concern: An officer from the BMC said the G-North ward office had checked 627 slum-dwellers for eligibility and found that only about 30 per cent fulfilled the criteria. If the survey sample is considered representative of the whole of Dharavi, then it means 70 per cent of the approximately 2.30 lakh population in the slum area is not eligible for rehabilitation. File pic