Dobi Ghat Case Study

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Redevelopment of Dobi Ghat : need or harm?
On May 30th, The scene of Dobi Ghat was televised by Korean famous variety show, ‘The Infinite Challenge.’ It was remarkable because Mumbai is full of tall modern buildings except for Dobi Ghat. According to the artcle wirtten by Kailash Babar, Indian government has carried forward a scheme that redevelopes whole Mumbai city to make Mumbai as huge merchant city (Kailash). Therefore, Indian government is also trying to redevelope the Dobi Ghat but many people oppose redeveloping plan, shouting out ‘great potential in other fuctions’ Although there’s a drift towards redeveloping whole Mumbai city, Indian government should not destroy endemic culture ; Instead, not only inherit the unique culture of India, but also develope Dobi Ghat as sightseeing and protect Dobiwalla depending on Dobi Ghat for their livelihood.
Dobi Ghat as industry
Dobi Ghat has been one of the major industry in Mumbai. If Dobi Ghat is destoryed by redevelopment, all this huge industry will collaspe. Dobi Ghat is big outdoor arrangements for washing. From delivary to laundry is conducted by worker in Dobi Ghat, Dobi walla. Despite the huge amount of laundries, owner of clothes get their exact laundry back thanks to the code which helps Dovi Walla to …show more content…

It means “the man who is doing the laundry” That means, they washing the clothes from birth to death and this is handing down to their generation to generation. They can’t escape from this pitty life because Dobi Ghat became the livelihood for them. Although constitutional status system does not existing anymore, invisible discrimination is still existing. The only thing that Dobi Ghat has is Dobi walla but redevelopment is trying to take it away. desperate oppsite can prevent Dobi Walla from losing worthy hometown. Further more, Indian government disregard the truth that the dwellers got poor reward from

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