Dharavi Commerce amidst Chaos

Dharavi is one of the largest slums in Asia. 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 largest in India ), leather processing, oil drum and tin can reconditioning, dye making, garment and embroidery work, waste paper raw material supplies, pottery making , food processing are some of the major enterprises that operate among other innumerable small scale units exists in Dharavi.  It is a shadow city where nearly a million live and  work, annually churning out almost 500 million dollar worth of goods.  

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