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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]
Dharavi (constituency number 178) is one of the 10 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in the Mumbai City district. [2] Number of electorates in 2009 was 268,779 (male 152,013, female 116,766) 113,732 are voters from minority community.
The Slum Rehabilitation Act, on the other hand, has been rebuked for poor execution. One of the main concerns is that developers have utilised the statute to exploit slum inhabitants.
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.
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 Island (also known as Dharavi Bhet) is an island situated at the mouth of Vasai Creek on the western side of Salsette Island, within the city of Mumbai, India. [1] Dharavi Island comprises six villages, Dongri , Uttan , Pali, Chowk, Gorai , and Manori .
Varadarajan was born in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in 1926 [2] He moved to Mumbai in 1945. Working as a porter at VT Station, he began his criminal life by stealing dock cargo.. Varada, as he was fondly called, was hugely popular among the poor Tamil residents in the Dharavi s
Dharavi was initially a large piece of marshy land that was located strategically, dividing the lands ruled by the British and the Portuguese. John Horne, the then Governor of Bombay, had commissioned the construction of this fort to protect Bombay from the aggressive sea-faring Maratha leader Kanhoji Angre.