Dharavi dreams: Inside the plan to transform Asia's largest slum
Mumbai, May 27 -- "Dharavi is the Malabar Hill of Indian slums," said Kiran Dighavkar. He was the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) assistant commissioner of G-north ward - under which Dharavi falls - during Covid, and widely lauded for his handling of the lockdown in the world's third largest and densest slum. "If anyone living in a slum in India gets a marriage proposal from Dharavi, it's considered a leg-up for them."
Unlike the two other slums larger than it - Khayelitsha in Cape Town and Kibera in Nairobi, which lie on the outskirts of their cities - Dharavi's unique advantage is that it squats, 620 acres of swamp, sewer and slums, right in the heart of Mumbai. But now, it's that locus that is upending the lives of Dharavi's one...
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.