Mumbai/Dharavi

• 1 million residents
• One room factories and small businesses
• Government own land
• Buildings are stronger near centre
• Limited water supply
• 6-10 people for a 3 metre squared house
• 1 toilet for 500
• Illegal electricity

• Poor sannitation as raw sewage flows straight through and children play in it. Leads to high spread of disease and life expectancy of 50.
• Lack of basic public services.
• 500 per toilet.
• Severe overcrowding
• Little health and safety in factories and even child labour
• Animals present.

• Cheap, affordable housing
• Provides a lot of employment - skills passed on e.g. potters.
• Brings city a lot of money - GDP of £300m
• Very low crime rate
• People work very hard and are very enterprising.

Dharavi Re-development project

• Part of Dharavi will be knocked down.
• Modern high rise flats - each family will have a 21 m sqared apartment with water, sewage and electricity. However, only eligible if lived in Dharavi since before 2000.
• Other residents will be rehoused elsewhere in the city.
• Only industries that do not cause pollution will be able to relocate here.
• Expensive apartments, office blocks, shopping malls, proper roads will replace it.

Drawbacks

• Only some families will be rehoused in Dharavi.
• Apartments are fixed size and small
• Families used to live above workshops, so not possible anymore.
• Many businesses will be banned for pollution.
• Not enough space given to industries such as pottery and recycling.

• Gives residents the tools and training to improve their homes, funded by low interest loans
• Legal ownership of land.
• Build more toilets
• Improve water supply
• Make stronger walls.

Advantages

• Costs less for government.
• Means everyone can stay
• All businesses can continue
• Brings the most wanted improvements
• Community works together on improvements.