Mumbai Airport Slum

Any pilot who has spent much time operating into Mumbai will tell you their "Slum Dog Millionaire" story about what they have spotted in the slum that borders the airport.

When I first researched the slum, for my first book in 2008, there were 400,000 people living there. There were 126 schools, and the average dwelling housed 2.5 people.

Of course, the airport would like to relocate the dwellers and redevelop the land. The dilemma: most of the airport workers live there, so the airport would grind to a halt.

A 2014 FirstPost report; in which the airport terminated the contract of the redeveloper for missing another deadline; said that there were a million people living there.

That's some growth rate ... all connected to electricity, many with satellite TV.

Read the report HERE