Question
Identify the problems experienced by people in Chawls of Mumbai.
Solution
The problems experienced by people:
(i)High rents forced workers to share homes, either with relatives or caste fellows who were streaming into the city.
(ii)People had to keep the windows of their rooms closed even in humid weather due to the ‘close proximity of filthy gutters, privies, buffalo stables etc.’
(iii)Water was scarce, and people often quarrelled every morning for a turn at the tap.
