Hi everybody! For those of you who do not know Mumbai is one of the main cities in India. The name Slumbai comes from the fact that there is a large area of slums next to the Central Business District (CBD) of Mumbai city.
The slums first began in the 1950s when out of towners moved to the city for a good job. Unfortunately houses in the CBD were expensive so small shacks started to appear around it. These shacks were made from a bit of everything (rubble, metal, wood etc) because its cheap.
The slums are operated in my the Mumbai Mafia. They force citizens to pay rent for living in the slums.
In 2004 Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, ordered te demolishion of part of the slums. 90,000 slums were bulldozed and left 300,000 people homeless. This is atrocious in my opinion. Fortunately they are well supported as they are needed in the economy of Mumbai as most of the workforce in the CBD live in the slums.
thats a lovely detailed article with a nice choice of picture. can't help but think that most of it could have been copied and pasted :D
ReplyDeleteShut up Dan that is fully off the top of my head.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make reference to that article thing though.