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An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India. [2] [3] [4] Prem Sagar
Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums. [1] [2] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [3] and a population of about 1,000,000. [4]
A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005. [ 1 ]
In another slum, home to rickshaw drivers, labourers and waste pickers, they face a similar struggle a lack of food and money to access any medical facilities even if they do get sick.
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Bhavani Peth is an area located in Pune City, in Maharashtra State of the Republic of India. A study in 1990 described Bhavani Peth as the largest slum settlement in Pune. [1] The name of the area is derived from the Goddess Bhavani. The main attraction of Bhavani Peth is the Shri Bhavani Mata Mandir.
Dharavi slum in Mumbai, pictured in 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, the state government gifted over 500 acres (200 ha) of slum areas to six developments on a first-come-first-serve basis, without any checks taking place on developer's credentials and under Section 3K of the Slum Act, which bypasses the usually mandatory requirement to obtain 70% consent of slum dwellers.
The major factor contributing to the development of slums is the lack of employment in rural areas and rapid urbanization in Chennai. People migrate from their hometowns to Chennai and get employed in different unorganized sectors. [2] Most of the slums were single room houses and had poor living conditions.