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Why do people live in a slum city like Mumbai?

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Sorry to say you have “0” knowledge about Mumbai. If you think Mumbai is a slum city - why people all over the country rushing to Mumbai by trains and by buses and by flights to seek a living here? read more

Either you have been to Mumbai just to see the slums there OR you have stayed in Mumbai (for whatever reason) and could associate only the ‘slum city’ tag to Mumbai. No doubts there are slums in Mumbai, yet it is the financial capital of our country. Yes there are slums, still Mumbai is called the city of dreams. read more

Close to a million people live and work in semi-permanent structures in slums that have been around for a long time, such as the vast agglomeration called Dharavi located at the crossroads between the old island city of Mumbai and its expanding hinterland. read more

The proportion of urban population living in slums was highest in Sub-Saharan Africa (61.7%), followed by South Asia (35%), Southeast Asia (31%), East Asia (28.2%), West Asia (24.6%), Oceania (24.1%), Latin America and the Caribbean (23.5%), and North Africa (13.3%). read more

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