mumbai ahead of the mumbai civic polls maharashtra government today announced changes in the development control rules dcr for the redevelopment of dharavi slum situated in central mumbai addressing a press conference here chief minister prithviraj chavan said that the process of redevelopment of sector 5 in dharavi would get a boost following the changes in the dcr the maharashtra housing area development authority mhada or any other public sector undertaking will act as a nodal agency for the dharavi redevelopment project under this project infrastructure facilities like roads toilets gardens would be developed to improve peoples standard of living chavan said the redevelopment of dharavi was first approved in 2004 it is aimed at benefiting 60000 families as per the new dc rules 4 fsi will provided for the redevelopment competitive bids will be invited for redevelopment on government and semigovernment land slums and chawls will be redeveloped on the lines of cluster development each resident will get a carpet area of 300 sq ft tenement in the name of husband and wife small businesses in dharavi would be protected under the scheme a tenyear corpus fund will be set up for the maintenance of redeveloped buildings more than one fifth of land in dharavi is privately owned some experts and ngos have suggested an option of selfdevelopment involving land owners and residents and the proposal is under consideration chavan said