Dharavi
Dharavi ( Marathi : धारावी , Dhārāvī ) is a slum in the Indian metropolis of Mumbai . It is considered the largest slum in Asia , although there are larger slums according to National Geographic .
Dharavi is located on an area of just over 2 km² along the Mahim River , framed between the Western and Central Railway , two of the city's main railway lines. In addition to apartments, there is also economic life and shops in Dharavi such as B. Pottery and tanneries. Administrative Dharavi is in Ward 3 East in Zone 3 divided.
Information on the population of the area varies widely. The Indian activist Sheela Patel estimated the number of residents in October 2007 at 350,000 to 600,000, elsewhere in the same year at 450,000 to 600,000. The Economist put the population in May 2007 at "approximately 600,000," and Time Asia in June 2006 at 600,000 to 1 million.
history
Dharavi was not always a slum and is as old as the rest of Mumbai. Like this one, it was originally inhabited by fishermen. Mumbai used to consist of several islands. With the drainage of water bodies in order to make the islands a coherent area of land, the fishermen lost their livelihood. The drained areas offered space for migrants , who first came from the surrounding Maharashtra , later - and still today - from all over India to the relatively affluent Mumbai, but often did not find the better living conditions they had hoped for and ended up in the slum.
Todays situation
Dharavi, which was originally on the outskirts of Mumbai, was overgrown by the city, so that it is now in the middle of the city.
There are plans to demolish the slum huts in Dharavi and replace (partially) with social housing. Critics fear that these plans primarily served to “get rid of” the slum dwellers and to make the slum's attractive, centrally located floor area usable for economic purposes.
On May 30, 2007, news went through the press that Dharavi was on sale. The Swiss-German documentary Dharavi, Slum for Sale by director Lutz Konermann was released on this topic in 2009 .
Various tour operators have been offering tours of Dharavi since 2006. With the profit a school, a kindergarten and a community center will be run. The tours with the tourist guides, who themselves come from slums, lead through the business and industrial district and the residential areas of Dharavi.
In Dharavi, around 700 million euros are turned over annually with trade, crafts and services. Large amounts of plastic waste are cleaned, shredded and melted down, often in working conditions that are harmful to health. According to an NZZ report from February 2020, around 20,000 micro-businesses generate annual sales between USD 500 million and USD 1 billion .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sheela Patel, Jockim Arputham: An offer of partnership or a promise of conflict in Dharavi, Mumbai? ( Memento of February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: Environment and Urbanization, 2007
- ^ Dharavi, Slum for Sale. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Mumbai slum tour: why you should see Dharavi. Times online, May 13, 2010
- ^ Silke Weber: As a first world tourist in the slum. Time online, April 23, 2015
- ↑ Marco Kauffmann Bossart: Dharavi - an Indian slum with economic charisma. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 27, 2020
Web links
- Where misery is creatively managed. ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Südwind Magazin , 2, 2004, p. 28
- Bombay is offering Asia's largest slum area for sale. Spiegel online, May 30, 2007
Coordinates: 19 ° 3 ' N , 72 ° 52' E