Baiganwadi

Baiganwadi is located in Govandi, a suburb of Mumbai, India. Baiganwadi has Mumbai's oldest and largest waste dumping ground, divided in plots by crossing roads and gullies.GeographyBaiganwadi is located between Shivaji Nagar No :1 and Mankhurd. Mumbai's largest waste dumping ground is to its north, and to the east is the Thane Creek. The Baiganwadi slum is located in the suburb of Mumbai. This densely populated slum houses many people from illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to people who came to Mumbai dreaming of a fortune, but their aspiration failing, resulting in settlement in the slum. Mumbai is often seen as the land where even illiterates can make a fortune. However, that is not the reality. Many who leave their homes and everything they had in order to purse a fortune in Mumbai could not find a place to sleep on the streets of Mumbai will find themselves in Baiganwadi. The Baiganwadi slum is located near Mumbai’s oldest and largest trash dumping site, where all of the city’s trash is dumped. Over 200,000 people live in the Baiganwadi slum. The slum is surrounded by mountains of garbage from the dumping site, which can be hazardous to its residents.Populace and CulturalBaiganwadi is very densely populated. Many people may share the same room (10 Ft. X 15 Ft). Most of the population are immigrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. There are also many illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Over 200,000 people now reside in the Baiganwadi slum. Illegal immigrants often find themselves resettling into slums because of the lack of money they have to find other places of residence as well as lack of opportunities for them to work in higher income jobs.