Mumbai is home to the world's largest slum, Dharavi. About a million people live here, constantly busy with work that brings them up to $3 a day. Life in the slums - in the Kommersant photo gallery.

Gradually the swamp dried up, and emigrants began to come here from all over the country: potters, Muslim tanners, textile workers

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

The first school in Dharavi appeared in 1924. But not many children living in slums visit regularly

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Today, a non-state foundation is involved in supporting slums. In particular, the foundation organized training for children in English, computer literacy, and so on.

Photo: Reuters

There are a large number of plants, factories and industries located in the slums. Residents collect plastic from garbage dumps, recycle it as best they can, and sell it to large companies. Recycle paper and aluminum. Thus, slums earn about $650 million a year

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

The markets in Dharavi sell homegrown vegetables and fruits, as well as homemade fabrics.

Photo: Reuters

There is no garbage in Dharavi. Everything goes for recycling

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

And today the slums are mostly inhabited by immigrants who came here to work. For short holidays they return to their families in the villages

Photo: AP/Rajanish Kakade

The working day here lasts 12 hours. During this time you can earn up to $3

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Many slums have no electricity. In this regard, Dharavi is a privileged slum. Electricity here is paid for by the city.

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Slums are divided into districts based on the industries the people inhabiting them are engaged in.

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In 1997, talk of slum redevelopment began. At that time, the work was estimated at $910 million. But by 2010, the amount of reconstruction increased to $3 billion

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Redevelopment plans include the construction of residential buildings, educational institutions, asphalt roads and public gardens on an area of 2.8 million m2

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Over time, tours began to be taken into the slums. 80% of profits are transferred to a foundation that does social work in slums

Photo: AP/Gautam Singh

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Mumbai's Dharavi area is the largest slum in the world. More than 1 million people live here, on an area of 1.7 km2

Photo: Reuters

The population density in Dharavi is 314,887 people per square kilometer. A house with an area of 10 m2 is usually shared by 8-10 people

Photo: AP/Gautam Singh, File

There is no sewerage or clean water here. There is one public toilet for almost one and a half thousand people

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Until the end of the 19th century, the area of today's slum was a mangrove swamp where fishermen lived. Gradually, the swamp became polluted, the fish there began to die, the fishermen, who had lost the opportunity to earn money, left the area

Photo: Reuters

Gradually the swamp dried up, and emigrants began to come here from all over the country: potters, Muslim tanners, textile workers

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

The first school in Dharavi appeared in 1924. But not many children living in slums visit regularly

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Today, a non-state foundation is involved in supporting slums. In particular, the foundation organized training for children in English, computer literacy, and so on.

Photo: Reuters

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

The markets in Dharavi sell homegrown vegetables and fruits, as well as homemade fabrics.

Photo: Reuters

There is no garbage in Dharavi. Everything goes for recycling

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

And today, mostly immigrants who came here to work live in the slums. For short holidays they return to their families in the villages

Photo: AP/Rajanish Kakade

The working day here lasts 12 hours. During this time you can earn up to $3

Photo: Reuters

Many slums have no electricity. In this regard, Dharavi is a privileged slum. Electricity here is paid for by the city.

Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

Slums are divided into districts based on the industries the people inhabiting them are engaged in.

Photo: Reuters

In 1997, talk of slum redevelopment began. At that time, the work was estimated at $910 million. But by 2010, the amount of reconstruction increased to $3 billion

Photo: Reuters

Redevelopment plans include the construction of residential buildings, educational institutions, asphalt roads and public gardens on an area of 2.8 million m2

Photo: Reuters

Over time, tours began to be taken into the slums. 80% of profits are transferred to a foundation that does social work in slums

Photo: AP/Gautam Singh

Mumbai's Dharavi area is the largest slum in the world. More than 1 million people live here, on an area of 1.7 km2. It may seem that there is a lot of garbage in the slums. In fact, this is the only way for local residents to feed themselves. The factories located in Dharavi process plastic, paper and aluminum.

A million from the slums