Dharavi is one of the largest slums of India, located in Mumbai. On a recent exploration of the water situation in the area, this presentation was created from a set of study notes largely drawn from C.K.Prahalad and Alan Hammond's research on bottom of the pyramid.

1. D H A R AV I
In Numbers
1 million people 1.7 sq.km
“With maybe a million residents, crammed into a square mile of low-rise
wood, concrete and rusted iron, Dharavi is a squeeze.” - The Economist

2. Area:1.7 sq.km Density of population -17,000 people/sq.km

3. 6 churches, 27 temples, and 11 mosques
Businesses: Leather Illicit liquor
Textiles Money lending
Plastic recycling Soaps and
Surgical sutures detergents
Gold jewelry Food products
PRODUCTIVITY: $2.5 million per hectare of land!

4. The total (and largely informal) turnover is estimated
to be between US$500 million and over US$650
million per year.
Dharavi exports goods around the world!

5. “Buying a house in Mumbai, for most people in the bottom of the
pyramid (Dharavi), is not a realistic option. Neither is getting access to
running water. They accept that reality and spend their income on
things that they can get now. The result is what often seem
counterintuitive economic choices.”
Ownership of Accessories in Dharavi HHs.
Telephones 21
Gas Stove 60
Percentage Households
Pressure Cooker 75
Television 85
0 20 40 60 80 100
Source: What Works: Serving Poor Profitably, Prahalad C.K & Hammond A.

6. Source: What Works: Serving Poor Profitably, Prahalad C.K & Hammond A.
Costs of essentials in Dharavi with those of Warden Road, an upper
middle class community in a Mumbai suburb.

7. WATSAN Situation
1 toilet / 1,440 residents (2006)
MN: Muthumariamma Nagar ; RGN: Rajiv Gandhi Nagar
Source: Field Survey by S. Kumar Karn and H. Harada, Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Nagaoka
University of Technology, Japan.

8. Dharavi Redevelopment Project : History