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In June 2017, Jyoti Tushamad and her family moved to Mahul, a suburb in the eastern fringe of Mumbai. In April 2018, she fell ill, and had to be admitted to Rajawadi Hospital, 10 kilometers away. Her mother-in-law took care of her children, while her husband attended to her. She was discharged after a week, and barely a few days later, she began to vomit blood. On May 3, she was dead. Jyoti was 28.
Mahul is visible from the Eastern Expressway as a series of buildings, right next to large chimneys that release white fumes. These seven-story buildings – 72 of them – are alternative housing meant to “rehabilitate” thousands of the city’s poor previously living in slums, to make way for various infrastructure projects. In 2017, nearly 20,000 homes were cleared, which had been standing for several years on the colonial-era Tansa pipeline.
However, Mahul is far from any measure of what a government-aided rehabilitation program ought to be. The buildings are very close to two refineries, flouting buffer zone norms. Three other factories are also situated in close proximity, one of them a significant chemical and fertilizer plant. The first residents came to stay in Mahul in 2013; since then, people across age groups have fallen ill, while Jyoti’s death puts the death toll of residents at 23.
Dying Young in Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Camp
This is democide as far as I'm concerned.
Mahul is visible from the Eastern Expressway as a series of buildings, right next to large chimneys that release white fumes. These seven-story buildings – 72 of them – are alternative housing meant to “rehabilitate” thousands of the city’s poor previously living in slums, to make way for various infrastructure projects. In 2017, nearly 20,000 homes were cleared, which had been standing for several years on the colonial-era Tansa pipeline.
However, Mahul is far from any measure of what a government-aided rehabilitation program ought to be. The buildings are very close to two refineries, flouting buffer zone norms. Three other factories are also situated in close proximity, one of them a significant chemical and fertilizer plant. The first residents came to stay in Mahul in 2013; since then, people across age groups have fallen ill, while Jyoti’s death puts the death toll of residents at 23.
Dying Young in Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Camp
This is democide as far as I'm concerned.
