Dharavi Slum, Mumbai
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Chaos reigns in Mumbai, India, where goats on mounds of construction debris and incredible tangles of electrical wires in residential areas are par for the course.
General view of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, known as the largest slum in Asia and made famous by the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Flatbread dries on large woven baskets in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. I was told it was potato bread.
A man fills up bottles of water with unfiltered tap water to sell, in Dharavi, by most account the most crowded square mile on Earth, with about a million people. Water is rationed by the government of Mumbai and is subject to random restrictions and the performance of monsoon rains.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.
Typical water quality in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, likely the most crowded square mile on Earth with about a million people. Some of the public canals are used as a latrine, and a dense concentration of small factories discharge chemicals into the water.
General view of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, known as the largest slum in Asia and made famous by the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Mumbai, India is a concrete jungle, set amidst steamy tropical forest and mangroves, tiny remnants of which can be seen even in the heart of downtown, like this scene at a squatter's camp near Dharavi slums.
Foul water in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. Toilets open directly to the canals in some parts of Dharavi.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
General view of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, known as the largest slum in Asia and made famous by the movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Men in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India make large quanitities of milk and bread pudding in a sweltering workshop,
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.
The Dharavi slum in Mumbai is a major center for recycling some of the plastic waste generated by Mumbai's 20 million people. A reputed 80%% of the plastic that does get recycled (the vast majority of plastic waste in Mumbai is never recycled) is processed in Dharavi.
The much lauded recycling program in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India is not all positives. Here children work in a dark, dirty, poorly ventilated room dismantling old shoes and sandals, while their taskmaster sits in a chair all day wearing a face mask to guard against the rubber particles and the constant exhaust fumes from the busy road outside the shop. Here he is receiving a blessing. The bulk of the recycling in Dharavi is plastic, and children work in many of those shops as well.
By most accounts the most densely populated square mile on Earth, the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India has about a million people.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.