India elections: How will residents in Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slum, vote? | India Votes 2024

Dharavi may be India’s biggest slum, but this community of around one million residents make significant contributions to the nation’s economy. But many are concerned about their future, over plans by the Adani Group, which has been given a multi-billion-dollar contract to redevelop Dharavi. We also ask Dharavi residents about how they’ll be voting in this general election.
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[@hritikraghuwanshi2049]

jokers want to stop redevelopment of a slum 😂

[@kaustubhraizada]

adani to lootera hai according to modi ,🤣🤣🤣

[@freddymercury2259]

LOL, Adani is the joker he's just greedy because he knows how much the land is worth. He only wants to stuff his pockets. The gov should rebuild Dharavi as low-rise townhouses, in sanitory conditions, and give them to the people currently living there. the overflow can be moved elsewhere. That's what the government's job is! We need MORE cities not milking one city built by the British over a century ago!

[@knightofgodserventofholymo7500]

They don't trust the system ... that's the reason

[@freddymercury2259]

Not development, they want to grab the land

[@angelbaybi997]

Which city has the largest slum in Asia? Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan Asia's largest slum is believed to be home to around 2.4 million people, although no-one knows the exact figure. Fed up with living without proper sanitation, residents of Orangi Town gave up waiting for the government to install sewers and built them by hand themselves.Oct 19, 2016

[@angelbaybi997]

Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered India's largest slum and the world's third largest slum, after Pakistan's Orangi, Karachi and Mexico's Ciudad Neza, Mexico City.

[@antelopelol2865]

According to World Hunger Index, India has ranked 111th out of 180 countries. This is lower than its neighbors like Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.

[@kuralovien5524]

But the UN data shows india has took more people out of poverty,,, these indexes often fail to point out the data in which they numbers are assigned

[@hritikraghuwanshi2049]

world hunger index is more about nutrition and India has a huge problem of providing nutritious food

[@darkknowledge8243]

Hard to believe when the Indian government gives free food rations to 800 million people on a monthly basis.

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Yeah hopefully all these countries stop importing food grains and rice from India because we are so hungry. I hope they won't beg like they do every time they run out of food.

[@SodiumSyndicate]

World Hunger Index has no relevance or qualification - it has no credibility.....lol

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

First of all dharavi is illegal settlement, anyone can come and erect his hut and business in dharavi without considering safety , sanitation.. still these people are demanding so much as they own this place and give employment to whole mumbai

[@gmwizz]

Dharavi slum is illegal and must be rebuilt

[@subysen9782]

ABC should focus on aboriginal communities in Australia. Much bigger question is why hasn’t Australian Government improved the living conditions there ?

[@Alexandra18888]

Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones at others. And this is a documentary on India, not Australia. Just because an Australian KZbin channel is documenting on Indian politics does not give you the right to attack them. No where I have seen citizens of other nations acting so defensive as that of India whenever a video pops up. If you can’t face the reality of your own nation’s wellbeing, then maybe focus more on your nation and see how you can change things.

[@sharansrihari7859]

@@Alexandra18888 problem is are they really showing the reality of India ? its grown so much over the past few years but western media only fixates on the poverty stricken areas of India.

[@ritikasharma9271]

​​@@Alexandra18888But westerners like u have no right to lecture us Indians on Democracy and Human Beings We r not interested in the politics of ur country so better to stay away from the politics of our country As far as the wellbeing of our Nation is concerned We indians r trying our best to contribute for the development of our country

[@technicalist101]

​@@Alexandra18888 did you just assume that these aussies are a part of the indian electorate? Of course not, but that is how they are even covering the indian elections and don't talk about glass houses and stones when these are literally pretenders pretending to be a part of the indian electorate and trying to call modi a 'dictator' and influence public opinion and indian elections.

[@ritikasharma9271]

​@@Alexandra18888lecture from any westerner is Not needed Just focus on ur own country Mr

[@novoelite3236]

This news media always pause comments section

[@SDmeWIZ]

yo wtf are the comments disabled in other vids

[@jamesmiller8691]

This guy is a GREAT reporter. He speaks about these matters such that I am easily able to understand. I can't wait until his next report.

[@theodore935]

Colombo is now rank as cleanest capital in south asia before that it was filled with slums later those slums were destroyed and settled the people in condos. clearing slums is good for both city and the people who live in slums if there is a proper resettlement and rehabilitation plan.

[@robertroy4270]

When I see the arguments for maintaining the slum, I begin to like the Chinese system more. Democracy has been curse for India, even if I hate to say it.

[@freddymercury2259]

No, the slum should be rebuilt as low rises and the people should be housed in the modern townhouses in the same place and the overflow elsewhere. Adani is just greedy. The government should be building new cities, not milking the existing cities the British built a century ago. That's what the Chinese would do.

[@rutujapawar4646]

Dharavi brings a major contribution to the local economy!

[@anirudh727]

Cover footage of maino family. Shekar gupta how was the italian pasta?

[@praveenraj5377]

only modi ji

[@AniFunMat]

Very funny 😁 😂

[@PrashantKumar-rm2gy]

Aayega to Modi hi 👍

[@BipinBabu2024]

India needs to bring foreign interference law after elections to teach western media a lesson on meddling in Indian elections for regime change.

[@AshishBagade-hv4el]

Oh here comes slum reporting haha

[@gauravbhagat1744]

Bjp is best for indias development and security from goons teririst

[@agnescraig2912]

BJP and India's development/security has increased the millions of Indians mostly illegally with fraudulent documents to seek asylum in Western Christian countries only not Russia. Third highest after Afghanistan on the Migration Index even going to war zones Russia Israel. No wars in India but 80% of the people living below the poverty line. World statistics are Wrong on all counts as per the BJP and its FM.

[@blooddumpster3427]

Since when is India Asia?

[@marcused8317]

it’s literally attached to the continent

[@shoshankosen1280]

Look up the names of the republics in Asia. You will surely find the Union of India on the list.

[@rojaachar]

Get educated

[@DrStrange234]

India is middle east and Asia Arabs and chinese DNA 🧬

[@JhabruTiger]

Its been Millions of years from when Indian continent starts shifting towards Asian Continent, seems like you have been living on this earth before that.