Dharavi is one of the largest slums in Mumbai, India, with a population between 300,000 to 1 million people. It was originally a mangrove swamp inhabited by fishermen that became filled in over time by waste. Various ethnic groups established communities there to work in nearby industries. Today it suffers from overcrowding, inadequate facilities, and flooding, but remains an important economic hub with a diverse population and proposals for redevelopment have faced opposition.

2. * Slums are a squalid
and overcrowded urban
street or district
inhabited by very poor
people
* Illegal housing
consists of hunts or
shanties built on land
not owned by the
residents (i.e.
squatting)

3. * According to the United States ,one
billion people worldwide live in slums
* Roughly one third of world’s poor
population live in India
* 55% of population of Mumbai ,
approximately 7 million ,lives in slums
* Mumbai’s slums cover only 6-8% of the
city’s land with 55% of it’s people

4. * Dharavi in Mumbai is one of the
largest slums in the world
* With span more than 500 acres and
population between 3,00,000 to
1million

5.  In the 19th century , this area in
Mumbai was mangrove swamp
inhabited by Kohli fishermen
 Soon swamp got filled in (by
coconut leaves, rotten fish, and
human waste) the kohli’s were
deprived of their fishing grounds
and soon shifted to bootlegging
liquor. But room became for others

6.  The Kumbhkars from Gujrat
established a potter’s colony
 The Tamils opened tannaries
 The people of Uttar Pradesh worked
in booming textile industry
 Dharavi is the most diverse
neighbourhood in Mumbai

7.  With span more than 500acres and
population of 3,00,000 to 1 million
 33% are Muslims
 6% are Christians
 60% are Hindus
 20% of the Hindu population works in
animal skin production, tannaries, leather
goods ,and the rest are involved in
pottery, textile goods manufacturing,
retail and trade,distilleries and other
caste professions

8.  Dharavi has numerous mosques,
temples, and churches. Badi masjid
is the oldest structure in this area

10.  Dharavi is right between Western
and Central railway
 Dharavi has Mithi river to it’s north,
Mahim and Bandra to it’s west and
to it’s south and east it has Sion
and Matunga
 It’s location makes it vulnerable to
floods during monsoon

13.  Per capita income of the residents
of Dharavi ranges between
Rs.31107 to Rs.124430

14.  As of November 2006 ,there is only one toilet
per 1,440 residents in Dharavi
 Mahim creek is used by the residents for
urination and defecation, leading to contagious
diseases
 This area also suffers from inadequate drinking
facilities

15.  First plague in Dharavi occurred in
1896
 25 years later other epidemics also
occurred like, dysentry, typhoid,
cholera, leprosy, ameobiasis, and
also polio through recent years
 Also epidemic of drug resistant
tuberclosis happened in the recent
years

16.  Fire destroyed many slum
properties and caused injuries in
Januaury 2013
 Massive floods occurred in 2006

17.  There have been many plans since
1997
 Companies from around the world
have bid to redevelop Dharavi,
including Lehman Brothers, Dubai's
Limitless and Singapore's Capitaland
Ltd
 The latest urban redevelopment plan
proposed for the Dharavi area is
managed by American-trained
architect Mukesh Mehta

18.  The plan involves the construction of
2,800,000 square metres of housing,
schools, parks and roads to serve the
57,000 families residing in the area, along
with 3,700,000 square metres of
residential and commercial space for
sale
 There has been significant local
opposition to the plans, largely because
existing residents are due to receive only
25.0 square metres of land each. Also,
only those families who lived in the area
before 2000 are slated for resettlement.
Residents also fear that some of their
small businesses in the "informal" sector
may not be relocated under the
redevelopment plan

19.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharavi
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_h
ousing_in_India
 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-
slum/jacobson-text
 http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2
014/apr/01/urbanist-guide-to-
dharavi-mumbai

20.  Sakina Lokhandwala
 Shoaib Mujawar
 Zaid Shaikh
 Mhd. Junaid