Mumbai - Dharavi Slum Management

Causes for the management:

• Toilet in the street, leading to an increase in disease
• One of the largest slums in India
• Water pipe is built on an old rubbish tip causing poor sanitation 
• Standpipes come on a 5:30 for 2 hours
• Rats
• Sewage in the water

Positives of the management:

• Replacement with new flats that can house many people
• Building upwards
• 14 story apartments to house the people in the slum
• Small scale, local improvements are being made to keep the people happy

Negatives of the management:

• People don't want to move 
• Loss of businesses - 85% of people have a job in the slum or work locally 
• Loss in the recycling industry as the main waste disposal place is there - 80% of plastic gets recycled here
• Only those who lived there since 2000 can be relocated causing many to become homeless