A tour through the Dharavi production area

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      WeAre
      20 October 2011
      Written by Sacha Carina

      When we enter Dharavi from Mahim station, you can see he 13th compound on the left side. This area is the main production area: Plastic and metal recycling, fabric printing, leather and industrial machines are produced.

      We were very impressed to see that behind the facade of small shacks and houses, there is so many business! Our first assumption was that slums and their businesses would be isolated from the 'formal' world. Dharavi has proven us wrong: every day hundreds of thousands of products are being exported worldwide. 

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      Dharavi
      business
      TNT
      WeAre
      TU Delft
      WBCSD
      TEI
      Local field research
      Gallery: 
      sewing studio
      fabric printing
      sorting plastic
      plastic dries on the rooftops
      Tshirt printing

      Comments

      Submitted by Perry Heijne on 22 October 2011
      I am wondering if our contacts from PPR and LVM are fully aware that we are now even doing research at the real source of their supply chains. This is vertical integration reinvented!
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      Submitted by Sacha Carina on 24 October 2011
      We will surprise PPR and LVM with our research insights during the WBCSD meeting in Munich!

      Submitted by Dick and Karen on 23 October 2011
      Nice pictures! Interesting to learn that so much business is going on in Dharavi! Cheers Dick and Karen
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      Submitted by Sacha Carina on 24 October 2011
      Thnx! Good to see that we already have some loyal followers on our blog!

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