This photo taken on December 2, 2016 shows a general view of the Bhendi Bazaar area in Mumbai that is being redeveloped under the Cluster Development Act 2009 by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust.Six hundred million dollars is being spent to demolish hundreds of rundown low-rise buildings in the dirty colonial-era market in Mumbais historic Bhendi Bazaar and replace them with shiny skyscrapers that will house 20,000 Dawoodi Bohras, a sect of Shia Muslims, who have made the area their home for decades. / AFP PHOTO / Indranil MUKHERJEE / TO GO WITH India-religion-housing-heritage,FEATURE by Vishal MANVE
MUMBAI: Farida Kachwala is vacating her family’s cramped home of eighty years, one of thousands receiving modern apartments through a project that hopes to transform Mumbai’s historic Bhendi Bazaar from a dilapidated ghetto into a slick Singapore-like enclave.
Six hundred million dollars (RM2.6bil) is being spent to demolish hundreds of rundown low-rise buildings in the dirty colonial-era market and replace them with shiny skyscrapers that will house 20,000 Dawoodi Bohras, a sect of Syiah Muslims, who have made the area their home for decades.
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