NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s three way partnership with Mumbai’s slum rehabilitation authority has employed a worldwide crew to redevelop Dharavi, a key step in rebuilding certainly one of Asia’s greatest slums amid rising opposition to the undertaking.

Dharavi, about three quarters the dimensions of New York’s Central Park, is a crowded space that homes hundreds of poor households in cramped quarters within the centre of India’s monetary capital. Many residents don’t have any entry to operating water or clear bogs.

Rebuilding it’s a mammoth process, which was first mooted within the Nineteen Eighties.

The state authorities of Maharashtra in July authorised Adani’s $619 million bid to redevelop the world that covers 625 acres (253 hectares), and has been described by officers as “the world’s largest urban renewal scheme”.

The three way partnership, Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRPPL), mentioned on Monday it was partnering with architect Hafeez Contractor who has achieved many social housing initiatives, U.S. design agency Sasaki, and consultancy agency Buro Happold from the UK for the redevelopment.

DRPPL was arrange in July and hiring of the crew assumes significance because it comes amid allegations from a rival bidder that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allies afforded Adani beneficial remedy whereas residents fear about his capability to ship amid high-profile monetary setbacks.

The Adani group has mentioned the Dharavi undertaking was awarded via a good, open and internationally aggressive bidding course of. The state authorities has denied any wrongdoing.

Thousands of protests marched towards Adani’s workplaces in Mumbai final month to voice their opposition to his conglomerate’s redevelopment plans.

(Writing by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Alison Williams)