Dharavi


  • Photographer
    Adam Hinton
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    14/01/2009

Dharavi is said to be Asia’s largest slum and is the home to over a million people according to some estimates. The area is like a self contained island of poverty and lives outside of the eyes of the local bueracracy. For a decade, the state government has tried coaxing the slum-dwellers to let it bulldoze their hutments and build high-rise apartments instead. Now there is another plan on the table and given India’s recent rapid growth rates, this one looks like succeeding.

Story

Dharavi is said to be Asia’s largest slum and is the home to over a million people according to some estimates. The area is like a self contained island of poverty and lives outside of the eyes of the local bueracracy. For a decade, the state government has tried coaxing the slum-dwellers to let it bulldoze their hutments and build high-rise apartments instead. Now there is another plan on the table and given India’s recent rapid growth rates, this one looks like succeeding.

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