Dharavi in central Mumbai is one of Asia’s largest slums. It is enterprise personified. Between 1200 to 1500 small scale industries exist and function within the Dharavi industrial area. It is a place where industry,incorrigibility and a never say die spirit co-exists.Plastic recycling ( perhaps the largestin India ), leather processing, oil drum and tin can reconditioning, dye making,garment and embroidery work, wastepaper raw material supplies, potterymaking , food processing are some of the major enterprises that operateamong other innumerable small scaleunits exists in Dharavi.It is a shadow city where nearly amillion live and work, annually churning out almost 500 million dollar worth of goods. It’s a place where new arrivals found their first footing , make businessand start their life in the urban metro like Mumbai.

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