Will redevelopment help Dharavi?

A hawk's eye view of the teeming slum of one million souls. A beehive of recycling and manufacturing industries, Dharavi has an estimated 2,000 businesses and 15,000 singleroom factories

A cart puller in the left of pic carrying goat skin. Dharavi has a thriving tanning industry.

The slum boasts more than 200 embroidery and zardozi units, where migrant labourers from UP and Bihar earn their livelihood.

The kilns at Kumbharwada, the Gujarati potters district, make a pretty sight but cause quite a bit of air pollution too.

The sev gathias and chaklis made in Dharavi sell widely. Farsan, another savoury, is also made here.

Over 4,000 tonnes of waste is processed here every day, from paper to glass to plastics to tin to aluminium to paint.