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1
Q

What were they planning to do after bulldozing Dharavi?

A

Give 57,000 families 250ft of accommodation in the form of 7-storey flats, each with its own water and electricity.

2
Q

Why didn’t the residents trust the government anymore?

A

As many families had had their homes bulldozed before with no replacement or accommodation provided after.

3
Q

What is the Mahim Creek?

A

The creek in Mumbai which over 100s of residents use as a public toilet.

4
Q

Which TNC wanted to invest in India, opposite Mumbai?

A

Cadbury’s Schwepps

5
Q

Why did the locals say that squatting in front of their houses to go toilet was better?

A

As otherwise you would waste water on flushing toilets.

6
Q

What is the environmental QoL there?

A
Sprawl means lack of green space
Congestion from rapid transport growth
More pollution
More urbanisation & industrailisation = more waste, landfill, incinceration
Bad water quality
7
Q

What strategies are their to tackle the issues?

A
Recylcing
Pottery providing jobs
Sweatshops providing jobs
Urban 'renewal' and upgrading houses to demolish slums
Hindu Temple
8
Q

How was the scheme a success?

A

Sweatshops allowed people to make money for their family

Recycling is well ahead of its time

9
Q

What are the negatives of the scheme?

A

People liked their lives in the slums and didn’t want change
Loss of trust in gov
Own toilet wastes water
Just turning it into a vertical slum doesn’t make it better
People lived their since birth so don’t want to change it