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

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

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

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

5. 55% of the population of Mumbai lives in slums

6. Approximately seven million people in Mumbai live in slums

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

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

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

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

15. Toilet facilities like this are rare.

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

17. Sewers are often non-existent.

18. Wrap and throw or flying toilet.

19. Official plans include redeveloping the region

21. Human activity in Dharavi

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