Who would think that one of life’s luxuries is having a toilet that is usable and not dangerous. In the slums of Mumbai, that type of facility does not exist. The toilets in Mumbai are part of a community toilet. Where standard indicate one toilet per twenty five people, they have one toilet per every one hundred and ninety people. These toilets are also so rotted out that simply standing in one can cause the floor to break through and drop a person into the feces filled pit underneath. Many people have died from this very thing.

Key Takeaways:

• The living conditions in Mumbai’s slums are inhuman and horrible.
• In Mumbai’s slums, the simple act of relieving oneself is fraught with danger.
• Most slum houses do not have sanitation and water facilities. People are forced to pay to use a community toilet and to depend on informal market for water.

“In Mumbai’s slums, the simple act of relieving oneself is fraught with danger, especially in the slums of M-East ward where population density is high, and the few public amenities are crumbling.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/feb/27/death-trap-toilets-mumbai-india-slums