By the mid-90s, Dharavi found itself sandwiched between airport on one side and an international financial district on the other. The British did not reinvest the proceeds of their plunder in improving the local infrastructure so people were left to fend for themselves. Even a state appointed experts committee called the project a sophisticated land grab. And when things finally got moving in 2019 after a UAE-based developer won the bid, the government came out saying Oops, we forgot to include railway land.