Mumbai or Slumbai as is known is the slum capital of the world. 60% of its population lives in slums & ghettos, most being illegal grabbed govt (read public) or private land. Thanx to the slumlords- who're hand in gloves with politicians- these slumsdwellers get free electricity, water and ofcourse they've the streets & highways as their public toilets. Not paying any form of taxes is taken for granted. We often hear arguments that India is one and all Indians have a right to live, work and travel wherever they want, but does the right extend to illegal/ forced occupation? if it does then how does it justify legal immigrants (people who stay in owned/ rented apartments) spending hard earned tax paid monies in the city? Its to be noted that if politicians like Amar Singh, Lalu Yadav & co. were to govern their states properly than to hob-nob with film stars/ starlets & frequent filmy award functions this problem of illegal influx wud not happen and political parties like Raj Thackeray's MNS wud have more sensible issues to fight upon.
RE:WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABT SLUMS?
by Anurag Sharma on Feb 08, 2008 08:29 PM Permalink
People please don't pay any attention to the messages of this guy. Rediff please ban him with immediate effect. He has been trying to spread hatred on message boards for 2 days now. No Indian can write what he is writing. He has to be from a neighbouring country.
RE:RE:WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABT SLUMS?
by Anurag Sharma on Feb 08, 2008 08:33 PM Permalink
People like Atharva Banerjee are like a cancer to the society. He can not be an India...Probably using a false name. The obvious reason being that he seems to be a bengali and he himself is protesting against Mumbai migration. Only a person who doesn't know that Banerjees come from Bengal will do that. Hence he is not from India....You all know now where he comes from!!
RE:WHY ISN'T ANYONE TALKING ABT SLUMS?
by vspi on Feb 08, 2008 08:26 PM Permalink
Oh Bengali babu, you and yur illegal bangladeshi friends are not only a curse to Mumbai bu to the nation as a whole, and you seem to be pretty much disturbed by my revelation on slums in Mumbai, probably you must be a slum dwellewr yur self. And FYI I don't stay in Mumbai (do travel there occasionally on biz though).
