Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment center of India. Every day thousands of people arriving in Mumbai mostly from rural areas with the hope of better life. The current estimation of Mumbai population varies from 14-19 million people. Regarding to UN-Habitat estimation from 2003 Mumbai has 2010 20.4 million dwellers.
Mumbai is divided in Mumbai city in the south and the east, west suburb areas. The current estimation on slum population in Mumbai is 9.2 million regarding to a BMC slum program. That is approximately more than half of the total population. To understand the dimensions I’m talking about. Sweden has about 9.3 million people and Germany 85 million people. The slum population in Mumbai is equal to a country in Europe. 
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