Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray dropped a bombshell on the Dharavi redevelopment project involving the ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Group. In a recent interview with India Today, Thackeray said that if the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comes to power, the tender given to Adani for the Dharavi redevelopment project will be cancelled.
“We will cancel the tender given to Adani for Dharavi,” Thackeray said in the interview. Thackeray also mentioned that Adani was not given the tender for Dharavi while he was the Chief Minister.
He said that the tender given to Adani was, in fact, cancelled during his tenure as the Maharashtra CM because there was a lack of transparency over Adani’s investors, especially a concern based out of Dubai. He claimed that his allies were a bit iffy on the lack of transparency over Adani’s investors.
In 2022, the Maharashtra government awarded the redevelopment contract to Adani Realty under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. The estimated cost outlay of the project is Rs 20,000 crore.
“There was no clarity over who the investor was. Our allies said that this is not acceptable. Because of this, the tender was cancelled but they (Adani Group) went to the court.” Uddhav also mentioned that the tender for the project was taken again in July 2022, almost a month after his government collapsed in June that year.
thezeus.net.in 
You must be logged in to post a comment.