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The Biggest World’s Slum (VOA On Assignment May 17)

Published May 17, 2013

With a million people crammed into less than three square kilometers, Mumbai’s Dharavi slum lacks basic amenities, and poverty is widespread. But outsiders are getting a glimpse of life inside this bustling Mumbai neighborhood through one company’s walking tours, aimed at dispelling stereotypes of slum life. VOA New Delhi Correspondent Aru Pande recently visited the neighborhood and talks about it with Alex Villarreal.

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