Dharavi Child In Gutter

The children of dharavi.

Dharavi child in gutter.

Everyone in dharavi will tell you that the groceries being handed out by charitable organisations are gradually shrinking she says. The older children have dropped out of school now and her eldest son just 18 lost a two month old job as a store helper at the start of the lockdown. There are limits to charity also. On wednesday night the two year old fell into an open gutter while playing after which the bmc mumbai police fire department along with national disaster response force ndrf carried out a search operation.

The alleged incident occurred at 3 06 pm near dharavi yellow bungalow. Cameras poised ready to capture a sighting of the rare and elusive impoverished child trundling through the gutter in rags. In yet another incident a 7 year old kid drowned to death in an open nullah in dharavi on monday. Most of the kids come to school after they finish working in day long 9 to 6 shifts at the plastic recycling units.

Slum tourism is a polarizing subject concludes the lonely planet sidebar on dharavi the largest slum in mumbai and reportedly asia.