Squatter settlement (Mumbai) a rapidly growing urban area

Question 1

Dharavi is often called the ‘_________’ in Asia.

Answer 1

largest slum

Question 2

It is huge- an area of __ km on what used to be a ________ swamp- right in the centre of _____.

Answer 2

3km
mangrove
Mumbai

Question 3

Its population increased from ___ million in ____ to __ million in ___.

Answer 3

2.9 million
1950
12
2011

Question 4

Every day, an average of ___ families ____ to Mumbai, which partly why __% of its population live in _____.

Answer 4

250
migrate
54
squatter settlements

Question 5

Most of the dwellings in Dharavi have no ____ or ____ and families have to rely on other people to provide what they need- at a _______.

Answer 5

water
electricity
high price

Question 6

Most workers have employment in the ______, such as recycling _____, ________, and ________.

Answer 6

informal sector
plastic bottles
oil drums
cardboard boxes

Question 7

______ workers cluster together in _____ called ______.

Answer 7

Textile
districts
kaarkhanas.