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Dharavi has around 179 covid cases with 12 deaths. It spans across 2.1km with around 1mn people living in just that stretch. This is going to get worse, how does one even manage to do social distancing + economic status is already a challenge for them. #Mumbai #coronavirus
With regards to hygienic, the slum has 225 public toilets and most likely over 2000 people are sharing a single toilet daily. And they don’t even have access to reliable water to sanitise themselves. #Dharavi #Mumbai #coronavirus https://theprint.in/opinion/hand-washing-to-stop-coronavirus-78-of-toilets-in-mumbai-slums-lack-reliable-water-supply/402590/?amp
Maximum people rely on daily wages and are now living on NGO handouts & donations. This is a long battle for people living in #Dharavi and is going to impact a lot of markets like leather, bags, shoes, hand embroidery etc https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/covid-19-comes-to-asias-most-densely-populated-slum/ #coronavirus #mumbai
Adding to their woes, people in #Dharavi are also going to be used to test the controversial drug ‘Hydroxychloroquine’. This drug has proved fatal for few people while China has denied any significance of it in stopping #coronavirus #Mumbai https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/using-poor-guinea-pigs-mumbai-test-controversial-coronavirus/
Here’s another brilliant piece by one of my favourite journalist who reports about the situation at Govandi slums in Mumbai. Feel blessed and thankful for your priviledge. https://twitter.com/kunalpurohit/status/1252621335223848960?s=21 https://twitter.com/kunalpurohit/status/1252621335223848960
