In June 2007, a Black Flag day organized by residents of Dharavi demonstrated their rights to participate in the redevelopment plan thrown at them by the Government. In 2009, a committee of experts was formally appointed to advise the government on a participatory redevelopment process.

Soon after, an agreement was signed between SPARC-SSNS and KRVIA, a local college of Architecture to jointly develop an alternative strategy for the redevelopment of Dharavi, focusing on Sub-sector 1 of Sector 4 as a demonstration pilot. The KRVIA team alongside the residents documented all aspects of commerce, industry, existing urban context and its relationship with the city. Strategies were identified that create viable housing and work-space alternatives affordable to the people as well as to the overall urban development of Dharavi. These strategies are documented in the publication titled Re-Dharavi.