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Photos: In Mumbai, Dharavi faces a hard battle against COVID-19

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra is the worst-hit state battling coronavirus with 748 cases, including 56 cured and discharged and 45 deaths. India's most populated slum, Dharavi-- in Mumbai, has been a major concern for the state and the local municipal body. With seven cases, including one death till Tuesday, local residents allege that there is more that they are facing apart from the virus.

Updated on: Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM IST

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A view of Dharavi on day thirteen of the 21 day nationwide lockdown. The 240-hectare slum pocket has 850,000 residents and a population density of 66,000 per square kilometre -- making it one of the more cramped spaces in Mumbai. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

A view of Dharavi on day thirteen of the 21 day nationwide lockdown. The 240-hectare slum pocket has 850,000 residents and a population density of 66,000 per square kilometre -- making it one of the more cramped spaces in Mumbai. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

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Residents seen walking inside the Dharavi slums during the lockdown. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the area stands at seven, including one death, the state health department said on Tuesday. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

Residents seen walking inside the Dharavi slums during the lockdown. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the area stands at seven, including one death, the state health department said on Tuesday. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

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Medical shopkeepers cordon off themselves from customers with help of nylon strings for proper adherence of social distancing. Activists and health workers had expressed concerns over how social distancing is practically impossible in an area like Dharavi, where an average of 10-12 people stay in each of 57,000 housing units measuring around 250 sq ft each. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

Medical shopkeepers cordon off themselves from customers with help of nylon strings for proper adherence of social distancing. Activists and health workers had expressed concerns over how social distancing is practically impossible in an area like Dharavi, where an average of 10-12 people stay in each of 57,000 housing units measuring around 250 sq ft each. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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A resident of RP Nagar, Matunga Labour Camp near Dharavi cleans the Hanuman Mandir platform at Shankeshwar Shiv Mandir complex with soap water. BMC has identified Rajiv Gandhi Sports Club in Dharavi to be turned into a 300-bed quarantine facility. Additional commissioner (health), BMC, Suresh Kakani said they are also searching for hotels that could be turned into isolation wards. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

A resident of RP Nagar, Matunga Labour Camp near Dharavi cleans the Hanuman Mandir platform at Shankeshwar Shiv Mandir complex with soap water. BMC has identified Rajiv Gandhi Sports Club in Dharavi to be turned into a 300-bed quarantine facility. Additional commissioner (health), BMC, Suresh Kakani said they are also searching for hotels that could be turned into isolation wards. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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There is also a group of 800 community health volunteers in place. The first batch of 200 volunteers was trained by the BMC, and they in turn are training 600 more Dharavi locals to sensitise others in the community about Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. They are not only being trained to counsel, but also to handle suspected or infected patients. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

There is also a group of 800 community health volunteers in place. The first batch of 200 volunteers was trained by the BMC, and they in turn are training 600 more Dharavi locals to sensitise others in the community about Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. They are not only being trained to counsel, but also to handle suspected or infected patients. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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Residents stand in queue to collect ration distributed by local social workers. “Ever since the first death was reported on April 1, we have been targeted,” a local resident said. A private hospital allegedly cancelled the dialysis appointment of 47-year-old Amin Mansoori from Dharavi on Friday morning. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

Residents stand in queue to collect ration distributed by local social workers. “Ever since the first death was reported on April 1, we have been targeted,” a local resident said. A private hospital allegedly cancelled the dialysis appointment of 47-year-old Amin Mansoori from Dharavi on Friday morning. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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Municipal staff fumigates a portion of a Dharavi slum as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 4:55 PM

Municipal staff fumigates a portion of a Dharavi slum as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

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