Early in the morning, the tour guide came to pick us from the hotel and took us to the heart of dharavi. we walked through different communities/nagars in dharavi throughout the day. Seeing the two faces of dharavi (commercial and residential) was a true revelation of the significance and power of dharavi with a population of about 1 million. Except for 13th compound which is almost totally commercial, the whole of dharavi is entwined with living and working. 13th compound provides job of over 10, 000 types, with aluminium, leather, and plastic being the major busineses. When looking for recycling companies, 13th compound is definately a place to go. Dharavi is the largest slum in asia, and 13th compound is the home of waste recycling. Sorting and recycling of used materials by people and local companies are the competition of the day. The workers get about 100-200 ruppies per day which is 1 euros 30 cents – 2 euros 60 cents. In other communities, businesses such as food production, clothes, pottery, and among others were present. Infact, some of the nagars have a business they specialize in. for example, the khumbarwada which is highly polluted with smokes from burning furnace specializes in pottery. Dharavi is also the home of poor sanitation with 1-4 houses sharing taps and 1500 people per toilet (not accurate). In fact, 71% uses community toilets, 27% uses open places such as rail tracks, rivers, roads, 1% uses personal/individual toilets, and 1% uses pay and use toilets.
After walking through dharavi throughout the day, our legs looked like this.
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