DHARAVI

DHARAVI, GEOGRAPHICALLY

• Slum in central Mumbai
• One of the highest population densities in the world
• Probably stage 2 in demographic transition, high growth, not very civilized
• Pandemics such as cholera, polio, or leprosy possibly active
• HIV often diffused to area through chemical or human waste

DHARAVI, NOT JUST ANOTHER SLUM

• Like a mini city with places of worship, school, businesses, it has everything
• Worth 10 BILLION dollars, a real estate dream
• Full with people aspiring to be greater in life, wanting to fulfill their dreams
• People proud to be part of Dharavi
• Appears as a slum, but produces ONE MILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER

IT HAS FACTORIES

IT HAS SEWING SHOPS

IT HAS A RAG PICKING BUSINESS

PACKED WITH

KIDS WHO WANT TO BE SCIENTISTS

ADULTS WANTING TO BE ACTORS

DHARAVI IS A SIGN OF HOPE TO THE POOR, GIVES THEM A REASON TO LIVE

WITHOUT DHARAVI

• Millions upon millions would be on the streets
• Mumbai would lose a major economic aspect
• Poor would not have reason to live, millions would die
• Hope is lost in not only Dharavi, but other slums as well
• Waste would not be able to be reused, would pile up and pollute India

DHARAVI ON...

• My scale, needed to support India's economy, and should be kept
• City's scale, to Mumbai, it is an embarrassment, but is worth billions
• Country's scale, lot of population concentrated meaning lots of revenue
• Global scale, needs to become civilized and needs to become stage 3