How do people avoid slums in Mumbai?

Slums are a big problem in Mumbai. Thousands of people flock to the maximum city in search of jobs and a better life, but the high cost of property in the city forces them to stay in shanties. What can be done to help these people and provide them with proper housing? read more

Stay in Navi Mumbai; there are no slums. By the way u can avoid by not going there and there are not any anti social elements in slums of mumbai as depicted in movies, you would feel pretty safe in 95 percent cases and people would go out of their way to help u in case u r in trouble. read more

While the living conditions are cramped and the citizens share small communal toilets (there is about 1 communal toilet per 50,000 people) there are a great deal of advancements that make the Dharavi slum one of the better slums in the world. read more

Today, nearly 5.2 million people live in slums, and the number is still increasing. Nearly one million people live in Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai as well as in Asia, where the film Slumdog Millionaire was shot. read more