Mumbai

Question 1

Why do people leave the country side (Mumbai)

Answer 1

, - Lack of jobs / Difficult jobs / Poorly paid jobs.
- Poor housing
- Lack of services eg hospitals, schools, entertainments.
- Poverty
- Natural disasters eg drought, crop failure, floods

Question 2

What are problems with daravis housing

Answer 2

• Poor quality makeshift homes (from scrap material)
• Most homes have no electricity or gas
• Overcrowded homes spread disease
• No water taps or toilets in homes (poor sanitation)

Question 3

The streets daravi

Answer 3

• Open sewers which over flow and contaminate water pipes.
• Diseases such as cholera are widespread
• Few rubbish collections, so rubbish is dumped on streets creating breeding ground for rats and disease.
• Narrow streets with no access for emergency services

Question 4

How could you improve shanty towns

Answer 4

Clean water pipes
Public Toilets
Gas and electricity
Rubbish collectors

Question 5

What are people in Mumbai turning sugar cane into

Answer 5

Ethanol

Question 6

What are some benefits of making biofuel

Answer 6

Provide jobs for farmers
More jobs for workers

Question 8

Problems with making biofuels

Answer 8

Less food produced
Food price increases
Bad for environment