Located in central Mumbai, Dharavi is widely regarded as Asia's largest slum. Spread across approximately 600 acres, it is home to more than one million people living in densely populated conditions. The area also hosts four major industries: pottery, food processing, leather, and plastic recycling, according to an HSBC report

BMC may have hit 94 per cent of its citywide desilting target, but Mumbai’s most crucial monsoon river remains only 70 per cent cleared, with over 80,000 MT of silt still awaiting removal as the rains approach