Will Mumbai ever be rid of slums?

Mumbai has a vast area of slums.. An estimated 6.5 million people, around 55 percent of Mumbai's total population, live in slums. read more

Mumbai has a vast area of slums.. An estimated 6.5 million people, around 55 percent of Mumbai’s total population, live in slums. Mumbai’s slums occupy 12 percent of its total geographic area and up to a quarter of the available construction area in the city. read more

Slums are a reflection of the land shortage and housing problem in Mumbai. It is also because the city does not have an efficient transport system where low-paid workers can travel from affordable places in the north of the city to Mumbai suburbs. In the 60s and 70s there were very few slums in Mumbai. read more