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A riveting account of how the deadly Coronavirus was contained in Asia’s largest slum. An explosion that could have pushed not just Mumbai but all of India on the back foot was nipped in the bud with no manual to handle such a travesty.
Kiran Dighavkar’s The Dharavi Model is a thrilling chronicle of the measures that were taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Dharavi. They helped save many lives. It is also the tales of those who lost their lives fighting the battle against COVID-19. The model applauded and implemented at a global level is passionately penned as a book.
Kiran Dighavkar
A civil engineer by education, Kiran Dighavkar has been working with MCGM as an assistant commissioner since 2013.
Originally from the city of Satana in Nashik District, Dighavkar considers Mumbai to be his karma-bhoomi and has been tirelessly working towards the betterment of the city.
Before being posted in the G-North ward in 2019, Dighavkar worked as the assistant municipal commissioner in Mumbai’s A-ward, comprising some of Mumbai’s most elite areas such as Colaba, Cuffe Parade, Churchgate, and CST, as well as the city’s M-East ward, rife with slums. This exposed Dighavkar to the many disguises of Mumbai.
Working on curbing the virus in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, has been a challenge as well as a learning experience for him. An integral part of shaping what is now known as the ‘Dharavi Model’, Dighavkar has penned his journey and experience of the pandemic in this book.
