Dharavi, Mumbai

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Dharavi is about one square mile, half the size of Center City.

14 million people live in Mumbai. Half live in “hutments.”

“hutments”

One family of 12 lives in 90 sq.ft. (“about half the size of an American car parking lot.”)

16 public toilets per 3000 people. (75¢ per month per family.)

Open sewers in the middle of the street.

One water tap per 100 people.

“hutments”

One water tap per 100 people.

15,000 hutment factories export goods all over the world.

(data from The Economist 12/07)

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