Some Mumbai residents risk safety for affordable housing

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Aug 4, 2023

Worli Dairy Quarters

Buildings are seen near the Worli dairy quarters in Mumbai.

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Crumbling Structure

Residents sit on the corridors outside their homes at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai. Inside this crumbling structure, which houses more than 600 people, children play outside their units along corridors with rusted, broken railings held together with rags.

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Dilapidated

Rahul Makwana leans on improvised railings made out of bamboo sticks and plastic sheets, on the corridor outside his house at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai.

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Risky Situation

Residents sit and walk in the corridors outside their homes at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai.

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Crumbling Homes

Children play cricket in the corridors outside their homes at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai, India, March 30, 2023.

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Falling To Pieces

Arun Solanki stands outside his home at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai.

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Temporary Solution

Rahul Makwana and his nephew Mayank carry their belongings as they move from the fourth to the first floor after receiving notice of the building pillars weakening, at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai.

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Deteriorating Homes

Sheikh Moulana Mehmood touches a cracked pillar as she poses for a picture at the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai.

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Cityscape

Buildings are seen behind the Worli dairy quarters building in Mumbai. This building complex, situated amid luxury towers and expansive villas of Mumbai’s most exclusive postcode, exemplifies the price some middle-class employees are willing to pay for a home in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.

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