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Business Daily: Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum

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08/04/2020 GMT

Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Coronavirus in Asia’s biggest slum

Life under lockdown for nearly a million residents of Dharavi slum in Mumbai

In one of the most densely populated areas in the world, the residents of Mumbai’s Dharavi slums have little recourse to practice the social distancing required to avoid coronavirus, as we hear from many residents of Dharavi in their own words, and from Vinod Shetty who runs Acord, a local aid agency.  Meanwhile, many people around India are falling through the cracks in the government’s promised food scheme, as Radhika Kapoor from the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations explains. And India’s problems might be yours too. Stefan Vogel, international food strategist at Rabobank, describes how the coronavirus hit to India affects global agricultural supply chains.
Producer: Frey Lindsay.
(Picture: People carrying out food items in Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India. Photo credit: Getty Images)

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