2001 census: migrants accounted for 37%
of the population growth in Mumbai
Estimated that Mumbai receives 1000
new migrants a day
With around 9/10 migrants
coming from a rural background
Around 1million people per square mile
Causes
Employment rate of Dharavi was 85% in 2010
Found that around 30% of
migrants were working in the
same job for 15-24 yrs
Mumbai's universities produces
well-educated, English-speaking
graduates, employed by large
western companies (BT)
Companies are attracted to
Mumbai - low tax rates
Booming manufacturing industries
Half of Mumbai's factory workers work in
the textiles industry - producing cotton for
export
High demand for housing, factories
and offices = increase in the
construction industry
Mumbai has the world's largest film industry - Bollywood
Consequences
Low tax rate - city has low revenue from which
to provide public services
Most low income earners cannot afford charges for
these services = development of slums
India's wage rates are very low = many skilled
graduates get employed by western companies
Mumbai's wealth draws people in - but most hopefuls arriving live
in poverty = low quality of life for large % of population
Even those with living spaces have cramped,
expensive housing far from their workplace
Leads to overcrowded buses and trains - over 3,500 people
die on Mumbai's suburban railway each year
Redevelopment - Vision Mumbai
Quality of life had deteriorated in
Mumbai; Slums have multiplied, as well
as congestion, pollution and water
problems
VM = plan to transform the city into
a world-class location and to tackles
problems causing the lower quality
of life
Work on plan started in 2004,
was completion targeted for 2013
If the economic growth was to continue at 8-10% a year,
then the vision was to have over a million low-cost
homes built, slum populations to fall to 10-12% of their
2000 and improvements in pollution, sanitation,
education and health to be made
Part of VM means that Dharavi and other slums will have to go
The plan states for the land, worth $10billion, to be
sold and developed
In return for every square foot of new
housing built for the poor, they are
allowed 30% more for commercial
development
2007 = 200,000 people moved and
45,000 homes demolished in Mumbai's
slums