7 Points For A New Koliwada

Produced during the Urban Typhoon workshop by the Dalvi Team. Koliwada, Dharavi, Mumbai March 2008

1. 77 Points for Points for
a new Koliwadaa new Koliwada

2. Seven Points for a New KoliwadaSeven Points for a New Koliwada
1. Institutional setup- Dharavi Koliwada Self Development Corporation
2. Participation, not ownership/ Built property, not Land
3. Demat Land- Koli Jamaat Bank
4. The Developer’s share- 100% TDR
5. Ground Plane for amenities
6. The DKSP Corpus- Commercial spaces for lease
7. Koliwada gives to the city (dharavi.organic)

3. Dharavi Koliwada Self Development Corporation Dharavi Koliwada Self Development Corporation

4. 1. Institutional Setup
“Dharavi Koliwada Swayamoddhar Pradhikaran”
(DKSP)
(Dharavi Koliwada Self Development Corporation)
This shall include all the residents of Koliwada, the tenants as well as
the Koli Jamaat Trust in a consolidated whole. The DKSP shall be run
by representatives elected from the residents and tenants in a
democratic process, assisted by financial, legal, planning and social
experts.

5. Participation, Participation,
not ownershipnot ownership

6. 2. Participation, not ownership
The ownership (those possessing property cards, as well as
common-law ownership) shall all be subsumed into the DKSP.
This amounts to around 7.5 acres of land, including the Jamaat
owned 10,000 sqm. Effectively each resident shall now be a part
owner of all the 7.5 acres.
Built property, not Land
Individual Ownership shall now be defined as the built property
owned (house, shop, industrial space, warehouse, etc.), not the
land on which the property is built, which belongs to the DKSP
and its shareholders collectively.

7. Demat Demat
LandLand

8. 3. Demat Land- Koli Jamaat Bank
The erstwhile value of land shall be preserved in the
form of dematerialized ‘shares’ amounting to a number
of ‘shares’ per unit land, incorporating into its value
dividend payouts from the corpus of income generated
by the DKSP.
Financial experts shall determine the Net Asset Values of these ‘shares’ adjusted from
time to time for changing land values. Erstwhile tenants as identified shall be eligible for
‘shares’ amounting to 25% of the worth of a ‘share’ owned by erstwhile landowners.

10. 3. Demat Land- Koli Jamaat Bank
These shares can be freely bought and sold only
within the members of the DKSP.
Tenants may have to merge their shares with landlords for viability of households.
Shares may be encashed for their NAV, effectively giving up all claims for their future
value.
Each ‘shareholder’ shall get a built up area equivalent to the
shares held, so the earlier land holdings continue.
Each shareholder would have the right to have tenants, based on rules framed by the
DKSP. A bank (Koli Jamaat Bank) shall have to be set up for the Demat accounts and
transactions under the DKSP.

11. 100% 100%
TDRTDR

12. 4. The Developer’s share- 100% TDR
It is understood that the massive restructuring of infrastructure and rebuilding the physical spaces of
Koliwada cannot be funded by the current residents alone, and will require developers to financially
support the reconstruction.
Each developer who builds for the DKSP shall now avail 100%
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) as FSI anywhere in the
city, for proposals of buildings with unit areas not less than
1000sft.
This implies that the developer can build more housing for the upper middle class and above, adding to
building supply in the city. No building other than owned by the DKSP shall be built on Koliwada land.
The DKSP may negotiate cash incentives with private developers in addition to the reconstruction to add
to its corpus.

13. Ground Plane for AmenitiesGround Plane for Amenities

14. 5. Ground Plane for Amenities
The Ground Plane of Koliwada shall be excluded from individual
ownership completely.
Amenities as decided by the DKSP for the benefit of all the residents shall be created there. This will
include schools, health centers, welfare centers, community spaces, religious spaces, open to sky
spaces and recreational spaces, and, of course shopping. All of these shall be accessed by pedestrian
movement alone. The areas under the buildings can be used as they are used now-for social interaction,
household activity, rituals, even production with mutual understanding between neighbors. Open to sky
spaces should be sought within the tight conditions of building, and may be associated with places of
worship or community places.
Vehicular access into Koliwada shall be extremely controlled, restricted only
to shall internal roads perpendicular to the access roads and ending in cul-de-
sacs, where community parking may be provided.

15. The DKSP CorpusThe DKSP Corpus

16. 6. The DKSP Corpus-
Commercial Spaces for Lease
A corpus as well as recurring income shall need to be
generated for the maintenance of the redeveloped
Koliwada as well as for the welfare of its residents.
Two stretches of land one to the north, and one to the
south can be identified for commercial development.

17. 6. The DKSP Corpus
The northern stretch parallel roughly to the road leading to the T
junction can be developed as commercial warehousing, leased out
to the leading stores of the city for keeping goods. These ware
houses can be constructed by the stores themselves on a Build-
use-transfer basis for a fixed frame of around 10 years.

18. 6. The DKSP Corpus
The southern stretch parallel to the internal road touching the rest
of Dharavi (along the Holi Maidan) shall be developed as smaller
commercial establishments of around 300sft each, leased out
mainly to the residents of Koliwada as well as the larger Dharavi
for service providers.
Koliwada cannot separate itself out from the larger fortunes of Dharavi and this stretch shall
be the place for interaction and collaboration. The monies gained form all these leases shall
be added to the larger corpus of the DKSP.

19. Koliwada gives to the city Koliwada gives to the city
(dharavi.organic)(dharavi.organic)

20. 7. Koliwada gives to the city (dharavi.organic)
Dharavi has copious expertise in recycling, self-help
housing and setting up of small entrepreneurships.
This expertise should be available to the city at large.
The DKSP should create academic and knowledge sharing bases to benefit the rest of
Mumbai. Mentoring is the keyword here. The city should realize the value of the
alternate processes prevent in this neglected (and damned) area of the city, for it has
much to learn from it.