I have had strange interactions with Dharavi, dubiously honoured as Asia’s largest slum. Perhaps because of them, I can understand why it is a muse for filmmakers, a haven for criminals, a vote ...

MUMBAI, India — When the first COVID-19 case was detected in Dharavi, a crammed labyrinth of one-room shacks in the heart of India’s financial capital, epidemiologists feared the disease would ...

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis said his govt was taking all necessary steps to transform Mumbai into a ’modern, all-inclusive city’ ...

Normally, Khwaja Qureshi’s recycling facility in Dharavi, the slum in Mumbai, would be no place for three newborn tabby kittens. Before efforts to contain the novel coronavirus idled much of the ...

The Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, managed to contain its COVID-19 outbreak through meticulous mass testing and strict containment. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The lanes of Dharavi are long and winding. Spread over roughly 500 acres in the heart of Mumbai, they connect the shanties of this informal settlement, home to about one million people.

Dharavi’s striking feature is its combination of a residential area with another devoted to micro-industries including recycling, leather, metal, pottery, and garment-making.

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The ongoing survey for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project has surpassed the scope of the 2007-08 survey, with over 63,000 tenements already mapped. The survey, which includes ground floor and upper ...

Asia’s biggest slum, Dharavi, is as populous as Austin, Texas. Over the years, it has formed the backdrop of films such as Mani Ratnam’s Nayakan and Sudhir Mishra’s eponymous Dharavi.