A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished persons. while slums differ in size and other characteristics, most lack reliable sanitation services, the supply of clean water, reliable electricity, law enforcement, and other basic services. Slums residences vary from shanty houses to professionally built dwellings which, because of poor quality construction or provision of basic maintenance, have deteriorated. Slums are still predominantly found in urban regions of developing countries, India has also come from those developing countries. In India, there are many slums but the very well knowing city is Mumbai. Dharavi has more slums in Mumbai and the second largest in Asia. Mumbai has a total population of 12.44 million and 42% of people leave in slums. The metropolitan region has undergone an explosion in growth over the previous twenty years, a frequent occurrence with metropolitan areas in India. The rapid expansion has resulted in serious health conditions that have to be dealt with by the authorities and a huge percentage of residents live from the city slums.
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