Why do 42% of Mumbaikars still live in slums?

Let me answer that with my own story. When I was 10 years old, my father bought this flat that we live in now for a price of just 11 lakhs (1.1 million). read more

42% Mumbaikars live in Slums and another 40% lives in chawl which is as good as slum. so we can say almost 80% Mumbaikars live in Slum/Chawl. There are two reasons for the same, one is high property prices in Mumbai like any other metro Politian city of India but the main reason is the Per capita income of Mumbai. read more

Statistics show that there are approximately 1959 slum settlements. It is interesting to know that approximately 47% of the slums are located on private lands, 42% on public lands and 10% on other lands. read more