It is believed that one of the largest slums in Asia is the Dharavi region, located in the center of Mumbai. The government of India has made several unsuccessful attempts to resettle the area, but so far they have been unsuccessful.
The area, with its many add-ons, can be seen on the expressway.
Some residential buildings are indeed primitive
Most of the streets of the area are quite ordinary, this can be found in many small Indian cities. Of course, if you do not take into account that there are very close areas with clean streets and modern houses.
Pottery workshops in the slums of Dharavi is one of the most famous handicrafts of the region, which appeared here in the middle of the 19th century. Workshops - family. They say that in the district there are about 120 brick ovens on which products are burned. Caustic smoke spreads throughout the area.
Pottery workshops in the slums of Dharavi
On the streets of the Dharavi district, only shops with ceramic products recall the existence of workshops.
In one of the places of the district there is a small platform where, as they said, discos are held. DJ, apparently, was preparing for the performance.
Driving through the Dharavi region, our attention was attracted by a colorful procession accompanied by musicians is a wedding. The bride and groom in colorful costumes looked happy.
Wedding procession in Dharavi
Musicians set the festive rhythm
The wedding procession clearly made it difficult to move along a narrow street, but it didn’t bother anyone.
