I sought out this slum after meeting a Canadian family travelling in India. They told me about "The Dirty Wall Project" in Mumbai where they have sponsored the people and school for several years.
In December, this 20-year-old slum was destroyed by government-hired bulldozers. This is not the first time these minimal and humble homes have been destroyed.
"The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has been ordered by the Bombay High Court to demolish slum pockets located along the main water pipelines in the city. This order affected over 5000 people along 9 kilometers of pipeline. A 24-hour warning sign for demolition was posted by the BMC near a stand of toilets. To hurry the process along and halt any notion of families hanging on to their homes, the water supply was cut two days before. Then the crude electrical boxes were smashed, wires were cut and the lights went out. A few days later, municipal workers, backed by a large gathering of police and BMC officers, armed with sledgehammers and wearing flip-flops, marched into the community and started breaking walls followed by the backhoe reducing the homes to rubble over the course of a very long day. "
Caste Away - a community vanishes in Mumbai
December 2, 2017
By Cindy Ryan
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| Camera | Canon Powershot SX60 |
| Location | Outside of Mumbai, India |
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