Dharavi

Cards (14)

  • Population density of 1 million people per square mile
  • Built on a swamp
  • Population of 1 million
  • 500 people per toilet
  • 4000 people per day contract water born diseases
  • 21 people per household
  • Many people work for under 1 dollar per day
  • Water pipes only switched on for 2 hours a day
  • Water pipes crack and become contaminated with sewage
  • Literacy rate of 69% compared to Mumbai average of 89%
  • Cheap rents attract low earners
  • 20% higher covid death rates than elsewhere in mumbai
  • Average salary of 25000 in mumbai compared to under 1000 in dharavi
  • Mumbai is the 17th largest city in the world by gdp