DHARAVI

AND ITS ROLE IN MUMBAI

THIS IS YOUR
PRESENTATION
TITLE
 12%
DHARAVI

88% AREA
REST OF
MUMBAI

55%
DHARAVI
45% (6.5
REST OF
MUMBAI
MILLION)
POPULATION
 25%
DHARAVI

AVAILABLE CONSTRUCTION
75%
LAND
REST OF
MUMBAI
300 internal immigrant families lands in
Mumbai EVERY HOUR
IN SEARCH OF BETTER JOB
OPPURTUNITIES
AND DHARAVI ‘WELCOMES’ MANY OF
THEM
DHARAVI : AN INFORMAL ECONOMY
WORTH $ 1 BILLION ANNUAL
TURNOVER
POTTERY
BAKERY
ALUMINIUM RECYCLING
SAND & WAX CLOTH DYEING
ZARI DESIGNING
LEATHER GOODS INDUSTRY
LAUNDRY
CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE
80% OF MUMBAI’S PLASTIC WASTE
AMASSED BY RAGPICKERS ENDS UP IN
DHARAVI FOR
RECYCLING
ONLY 2 HOURS OF WATER AVAILABLE DAILY.
SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL.
MAJORITY POPULATION OF INDIA’S
LARGEST CITY HAS ONLY
1 TOILET PER 600 PEOPLE
AND THE TOILETS LOOK LIKE THIS
The residents have a section where they wash
their clothes in water that people defecate in.

This spreads the amount of disease as doctors

have to deal with over 4,000 cases of typhoid
a day
NEVERTHELESS,

SLUM TOURISM
IS AN ACTUAL
THING