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Windows Of Dharavi - How Asia's Largest Slum Is Fighting Coronavirus

Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, has reported a second COVID-19 patient death on Wednesday and a 13th person reported positive in the past five days. The densely populated slum could be a challenge for authorities if any more cases are reported. The Indian government announced a lockdown across the country last month, ordering citizens to stay home in the hope that this would contain the spread of the virus. But Dharavi's crowded streets mean social distancing is near impossible for the people who live there - even if they only leave home to buy food.

Anuj Tiwari Updated on Apr 09, 2020, 17:46 IST

Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, has reported a second COVID-19 patient death on Wednesday and a 13th person reported positive in the past five days. The densely populated slum could be a challenge for authorities if any more cases are reported. The Indian government announced a lockdown across the country last month, ordering citizens to stay home in the hope that this would contain the spread of the virus. But Dharavi's crowded streets mean social distancing is near impossible for the people who live there - even if they only leave home to buy food.

High-rise residential towers are seen behind shanties in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, where 13th person reported positive in the past five days.

Crowded Dharavi lane where?corona positive patients?found. But Dharavi's crowded streets mean social distancing is near impossible for the people who live there - even if they only leave home to buy food.

A man checks his mobile phone standing by a window of his tenement at the Dharavi slum?during coronavirus lockdown.

A man looks out of a window of his tenement. Amid the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the city, Mumbai makes the wearing of facemask mandatory for people stepping out of their homes.

Residents look out of their windows at the Dharavi slum. The civic body claimed that 99 per cent of the new cases are from the high-risk contacts, who are already separated from the slum, quarantined and tested proactively.

A man talks on his mobile phone standing in the window of his tenement in amidst the clogged drains and overflowing garbage dumps of Mumbai's Dharavi.

A man looks out of a window of his tenement after rising?COVID-19?cases in Dharavi slum.??

Members of a family look out of a window of their home at the Dharavi slum.

As the number of COVID-19 patients reported positive in the past few days from?Dharavi coronavirus fears are growing, and residents say they are powerless to stop the spread of the disease.

A man checks his mobile phone sitting by a window of his tenement. BMC has also ordered a ban on all vegetable, fruit markets, hawkers and sellers in the containment area and buffer zone in?Dharavi, during the lockdown period.

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Anuj Tiwari writes stories for SEO and is a Youtube wizard. An engineer turned social media champ, he keeps a track of all that goes around the world. His interest areas include historic events, political and social-sciences.

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