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In pictures: Life in Dharavi


Dharavi

Dharavi, in central Mumbai (Bombay), is home to up to a million people and is Asia’s biggest slum. As we arrived there, we saw makeshift market stalls being torn down by the police. An angry crowd had gathered to protest. This was a routine clearance in one small slum alleyway. But the locals are up in arms because of the slum-wide massive demolition drive planned to start soon.

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