World's Largest Slum

          

             India holds the largest slum and it is known as Dharavi and is located in Mumbai. In Dharavi a recycling industry is helping thousands claw a way out of poverty. In Dharavi there are more than a million residents. In the slum you will find one of the most inspiring economic models in Asia. Dharavi is the world’s largest slum but it is, compared to the other slums, is by far the most prosperous. The center of Dharavi’s success comes from the thousands of micro-entrepreneurs who have created an invaluable industry by turning discarded waste into useful items to the 19million citizens of Mumbai. The newest estimate by economists of the output was an impressive amount of 700m euros a year. If you walked through Dharavi you would notice an estimated number of 15,000 single-room factories. 

           I think that even though its a slum and that they do not have as many things as other areas of the world have I am  glad that try are still very proud of their slim and where they come from. It is a good thing that they recycle and turn things that could be consider trash is turned into something useful. Not only is it turned into something useful, but it's also really helping out the economy in Dharavi. It is also India's largest slum so it is very good that they aren't just sitting around doing nothing and that they are doing something to make life better in Dharavi. The whole "vision Mumbai" thing where they want to make a world class city by 2013 seems like a bad idea. They are removing many people from there homes and they also reported that its not even something that could happen. They have said that it is more like a hallucination and that it's not going to happen. WC 305

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/mar/04/india.recycling