SLUM The areas characterized by substandard housing condition within a city are known as slums.

According to the United Nations, one billion people worldwide live in slums.

Roughly one-third of the world's poor people live in India.

Mumbai is one of the most populous cities in the world with approximately 14 million people

55% of the population of Mumbai lives in slums

Approximately seven million people in Mumbai live in slums

Mumbai’s slums cover only 6-8% of the city’s land with 55% of its people.

It is believed that 72% of this slum population is literate.

They don’t become resourceful and inventive – slum life forces it on them.

Quality of health revolves around access to safe water and sanitation.

Toilet facilities like this are rare.

Sewers are often non-existent. Here drums of excrement are dumped.

Sewers are often non-existent.

Wrap and throw or flying toilet.

Official plans include redeveloping the region

Human activity in Dharavi

More than 450 million Indians exist on less than $1.25 a day, according to the World Bank.