Coronavirus in Dharavi: A ticking time-bomb
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Dharavi's' virus scare
One of Asia’s largest slums, Dharavi in Mumbai, caused alarm bells to ring in official circles after the emergence of the novel coronavirus cases.
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Fear
While some people have quarantined themselves in their homes, others fear cramped residential places in the slum mean home quarantine is more likely to spread the disease.
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Impossible social distancing
The tightly packed clusters of the area make social distancing all but impossible. Dharavi's population density is thought to be 270,000 per square kilometre, according to the World Economic Forum, making it a fertile ground for the coronavirus to spread rapidly.
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Coronavirus cordoned
"We have home-quarantined people from these buildings and cordoned off the area so people can't enter them, and enforced social distancing," said Vijay Khabale-Patil, spokesman of Mumbai's city authority, told.
"We sprayed hydrochloric acid to disinfect these buildings and nearby areas as well... People from Dharavi are following the rules and keeping themselves and their kids inside homes."
"We sprayed hydrochloric acid to disinfect these buildings and nearby areas as well... People from Dharavi are following the rules and keeping themselves and their kids inside homes."
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Brewing trouble
The people of Dharavi are working-class common people who live in tight rooms with shared bathrooms. This makes the whole area one big family in one big house. Government officials find it difficult to enforce strict guidelines as the number of people living there is alarmingly high.
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Containment zones
Authorities have set up eight "containment zones" in the area, home to as many as a million people living and working in cramped tin-roofed shanties, flats and small factories but the news of today’s newly infected patient has been saddening.
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Self control
A number of news reports state that the residents are taking matters in their own hands and putting themselves under self-quarantine and urging officials to impose strict rules about children playing or people gathering.
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Previous cases
Dharavi reported its first case on 1 April when a 56-year-old garment shop owner died.
Mumbai’s Dharavi reported one more positive case of covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total in Asia’s largest slum to five.
Mumbai’s Dharavi reported one more positive case of covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total in Asia’s largest slum to five.