“The slums are not place of despair. It’s inhabitants are all working towards a better look life” by vikas swarup. It is very true line for Dharavi.
India is developing nation. Unfortunately, homelessness, slums and poverty still exist in the largest democracies of the world. However indian slums are unique. The people are happy friendly and joyful people. The indian slums are not crime free but indian urban slums are definitely like informal settlements which provide the migrants from other parts of country an opportunity to live cheap and save money. The slums in india are massive entrepreneurial hubs. Mumbai dharavi is good example. The recycling industry, pottery industry, textile industry and thousands of single room factories. They are exported to other nation. The annual turnover of this indian slum reported 500 million to 1 billion dollar.
Dharavi is divided into two parts commercial and residential part. The plastic recycling industry is the biggest in the dharavi. Leather industry is one of the oldest industry in dharavi no animals are killed and hunted for leather. It also have the brand caller dharavi for the handbags and bags. Dharavi is spread over 200 acres.
The dharavi annual income is more than countries like tongi . The population is 20 million. The Literacy rate of dharavi is 69%. Which is more than many states of india. Women safety, Padhai hei mera huk is a platform to learn basics in hindhi and english. This apps are not created by any city techie. This are created by dharavi slum girls.
Akash dhangar a volunteer created a hip-hop band with local dharavi boys knows as slum dogs. Many famous music video creators worked with this boys. Dharavi is famous tourist spot in mumbai. And dharavi exhibits the small.scale industry to large scale industries. The Relation between movies and dharavi is Unbreakable. Oscar winnig films like slum dog Millioner and recent hit like Gully Boy and films are shot here.
Compare to other country slums indian slums are better. Especially developed country like USA. San francisco’s streets are suffering from unfortunate poop crisis. To control this new ‘Snap crap’ app will let users report about poop, needles on city street. While the administration in india might have several world records by constructing millions of toilets in short period. Things can be difficult in america you do not have at least 1000 USD with you. It’s difficult to have health advantage with this money. When it comes to india to the overall lifestyle different budgets, nobody can beat india.
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