with its 22 million inhabitants Mumbai is the economic and financial capital of India each morning the city is brought to a halt by huge traffic jams to get to work 8 million people take the train each day but the railway Network only has four lines so at rush hour the stations are swarming with people in the midst of this crowd of commuters made up almost exclusively of men vinit a 26-year-old accountant has an hour and a half commute each morning minut to get on the train vinnett has to Elbow his way [Music] through a pleasant surprise a seat opens up right in front of him very exhausted every we fight more due to this we cannot even get closer to the door they push everybody push inside outside we have to leave at least to three days every [Music] day inside the carriages the worn out fans are not enough to lower the near 45° [Music] temperatures despite overcrowding insurance agents lawyers and Bank employees are still smiling enjoying day it is not that much difficult we are enjoying our journey our journey temperature is quite high but it has become a routine for us so it doesn't matter for us but this daily routine is not so fun for every passenger some never even reached their destination between those who hang on to the carriages and those who lean out of the train casualties have become [Music] commonplace this woman narrowly escaped death only just caught by another [Music] passenger vinet is nearing his destination when you get to work uh you're exhausted no yes very exhausted for half an hour we have to take restk then start the although he has arrived safe and sound in 2009 2,691 people died on the railway in Mumbai a shocking average of seven deaths a [Music] day Samir tari miraculously survived falling onto the rails 30 years ago he lost both his legs in a tragic accident Bridge so I was crossing the railway track and I fall but uh I was lucky that my body was out of the Railway TR only Lake were on the tra and train came and suddenly run over the my laks and the people who were there in the night time took me to the nearest hospital so therefore they immediately within 5 to 10 minutes my blood was stopped bleeding was stopped and my life was saved since then zamir has persistently lobbied the authorities to increase safety on trains it carry three to four time more passengers computer capacity so I am sin the demanding the Suburban train in Mumbai have all doors required to close it and other is if any person get injured then there must be the Emergency Medical Services and the full treatment free of cost from garment to relieve the overcrowded trains and congested stations four Subway lines are currently under construction but the overcrowded megalopolis is facing many other challenges [Music] located on the west coast of India the city of Mumbai formerly known as Bombay is the country's economic Center the population of this former British colonial city has skyrocketed Bombay had a population of 3 million in 1951 today it is home to 22 million people and this figure is expected to grow to 30 million by 20 35 to overcome the lack of space hundreds of high-rise luxury apartments are being built designed for the wealthy upper class who dream of adopting a more European lifestyle for to build these huge housing complexes the authorities are demolishing hundreds of Acres of slums Barat dupar works for a property developer so with such a beautiful view you still have a lot of Slims slums left to be cleared these poor neighborhoods are home to 50% of mumbai's population but their resourcefulness and Ingenuity has helped them to survive these Shanty towns are expanding to the north the city is growing at such a rate that it is having to encroach upon the Sanji Gandhi National Park home to many wild animals including [Music] leopards they are venturing into the new neighborhoods built on the edge of the forest the number of attacks has shut up in recent [Music] months but far from the slums Mumbai is also a city of Dreams especially thanks to Bollywood its glamorous film industry which produces nearly 2,000 films a year [Applause] year downtown trendy neighborhoods are booming such as bandra this is where Janita set herself up as a model and businesswoman to be honest Bombay is a city of Dreams amid the people of mumbai's thirst for success and the battle for survival the spraing megalopolis is the symbol of the Indian dream the biggest slum in Asia can be found in the heart of Mumbai the Davi [Music] slums 1 million people crammed into just under one square mile a population density 20 times higher than that of Paris the electricity grid is precarious water is only available 2 hours per [Music] day and the sewage system is [Music] non-existent behind its obvious poverty the slum is packed with Enterprise it is home to thousands of businesses small auto repair shops where workers cut car [Music] parts or even make [Music] clothes mahes is 27 years old he grew up in daravi this morning he received some Goods that are very valuable to him some plastic containers Mahesh has found a way to become rich by clearing Mumbai of its [Applause] garbage his cycling business supports 25 employees for 200 rupees a day which is around $3 the workers sort the plastic waste according to color and various other [Music] qualities once separated the plastic is crushed for $6 a day these men stick their hands into this machine without any protection then the bags of pellets are sent off to wholesalers to be [Music] processed in Tavi 12,000 people work in the Plastics industry 60% of the city's plastic waste is sorted here thanks to his work mahes earns $600 a month this is the average wage for those in Mumbai but 10 times higher than in the rest of India he lives near his Factory with his parents in this 54 square ft room yet Mahesh is content with these difficult living [Music] conditions [Music] in fact mahes and his family own this entire house to climb to the first floor you have to climb a ladder with the help of a [Music] rope the second floor is also rented to [Music] workers finally a sewing Workshop is situated on the top floor these three rentals bring mahes $240 a [Music] month dharavi's informal economy generates over $800 million each year this resourceful Spirit fascinates people across the [Music] world this is where the movie Slum Dog Millionaire was filmed since this success tourists come from all over the world to visit its Maze of garbage stwn alleys and some take the opportunity to do some shopping and experience the local color like in this leather shop at the end of this alleyway it sells leather goods branded with the name of the slum how much is this 3200 3,200 3,200 yeah this visitor from China is taken a back by the city here feels like in normal commercial area looking at their face they're smiling I'm surprised by the ability of human being to survive in in really harsh environment it's a swag leather it's 3500 Imran the 29-year-old boss sells the bags himself 50 and we accepted card dollar euro every type of money don't worry about cash $50 $50 proud of his brand of leather that bears the name of his neighborhood Imran is full of ambition it's a slum but it's a different type of Slum it's like a small scale industry people are not doing crime here people are doing struggling here he's looking for the success we also try same like that and we it's our goal we see our brand also Davi brand future is a top of like Michael Co jimu top of them in total Imran employs around 40 members of staff to tan and color the [Music] leather imran's father wahas is the man behind this incredible success 40 years ago wahas fled utar Pradesh a poverty stricken region in Northern India with dreams of a better life in Mumbai 100 waz's life is like a fairy tale 5 years ago he and his family bought an apartment on the top floor of this modern high-rise Building located in the middle of a shanty [Music] town they paid $360,000 for this 750 ft space with breathtaking views of the city this is a master bedroom for my father and and my mother and we have one small boy bedroom for me here come I show you and you see the decoration I keep very honesty and very hard working on it to make this house today Imran his wife their three children and their parents make up the 20% of Mumbai residents with access to running water we have a 24 waa water here is it a dream come true yes my dream come true the young entrepreneur from the slum is proud to have entered the exclusive circle of privileged Mumbai residents most of the celebrities and most of the politician are living in top floor mostly because they have lots of money so it is a sign of success people are like to live to and dream it is a dream of many people to live in a upet on top of the Flor in Mumbai the Richer you are the higher you [Music] live down below the city is suffocated by pollution and the noise is constant life is much calmer at the top the most affluent residents can gain access to this Tranquility from their Upper Floor apartments in high-rise buildings one of the richest people in the city lives on the top floor of this skyscraper good morning the London Babu larma is a successful real estate broker he lives in this lavish 2,700 square foot apartment with his wife and two children every morning the servants prepare breakfast babulal is originally from rajastan he moved to Mumbai around 20 years ago captivated by the city's dynamism my construction is my family business so my father my forefather this his I think we are we are in this business from last 100 years so the if you will go in Rajasthan you can see the big uh palaces so that built by my great great grandfathers and how and why did you decide yourself to come to Bombay bombai is a growing city and uh we all wants to grow and is U I think the opportunity in Mumbai is huge in 2003 babulal built his first residential highrise these days the property develo works on mult multiple projects across the city we are doing a lot of high-rise buildings I think in as a group with my partners we are doing 35 building more than 50 story according to you is it a necessity to build higher yeah it is the necessity because we have no space in Mumbai I told you that the three Sid is of water so if you want to grow this city the population is increasing every day then you have no other than way to go up [Music] only to compensate for this lack of space babulal has a drastic solution demolish the hundreds of Acres of slums so we have just we have started demolishing this this is it is touching to the bridge if you will come after one year two year later there a beautiful building will be here his ultimate goal is to tear down the dharavi neighborhood so I think uh we all knows about the Davi Slum Dog Millionaire it is hot in the city and uh if if your heart is little bit not proper and it looks like a dirty then you will not as a city it look doesn't look nice babulal is the head of Omar one of India's leading companies on what is known as slum Rehabilitation it employs more than 800 members of [Music] [Music] Staff this morning the realtor summoned his management team to provide an update on one of their biggest projects start before beginning this colossal construction work B and his team must convince the residents to leave we clearing the slums that is 65 acre big slump pocket is there and mix use project CER Mall commercial office residence and uh retail babal has already wiped out hundreds of Acres of [Applause] slums one of his biggest projects is in Malad in North Mumbai He is building four 820 ft High skyscrapers on the foundations of what was once a SL Plum it will be a residential complex intended for the emerging middle class at the bottom of the buildings this showroom plays host to a constant stream of potential [Music] buyers Raj owns a printing business he has come here with his wife and daughter the visit starts with a promotional video they are sold an idilic way of life a green Oasis a breath of fresh air that seems far from the hustle and bustle of the [Music] city right now so we'll see that and we'll then discuss about the Raj and his family are visiting a model apartment Raj appears to have been one over at the moment he is living in a two room apartment his daughter has to sleep in the living room this is not a balcony obviously this is a connecting deck the apartment is 560 Square ft three bedrooms three bathrooms and a fully fitted kitchen something of a novelty for this emerging middle class family five toilets [Music] [Laughter] your no it's all about money budget and I think he will compromise on it we are ready to move now our liend on him the the family has fallen in love with it but there's just one small hiccup the price $780,000 although it is still possible to negotiate Raj is going to wait a bit before deciding in the showroom Barat dupa the CEO of the project has just struck a deal with another client on a $1 million apartment so 36% discount % discount done done done these housing complexes that offer a life of privacy are all the rage in India surveying the slums at the foot of the buildings Barat tupar is already thinking about the next step so what I'm looking at is how much of the area we have been able to clean up and how much is still left there's a lot left so with such a beautiful view you still have a lot of Slims slums left to be cleared but in order to demolish the slums and build new housing the property developers have to relocate the residents they are required by law to do so basically it's a scheme whereby you basically want uh the slum people they get proper houses we build proper houses for them and rehabilitate them in those houses so what happens is in the entire land you have some houses which you build for them and some houses you build and sell so that is how poor people get houses for free and while as the remaining part of the land you are able to make houses and sell so what do the buildings that house the former slum dwellers look like in warley a central district of the city there is another one of Omar's Rehabilitation projects three 885 ft luxury high-rise buildings and Below apartment blocks built for former residents of the slums delapidated they are only a few meters apart a relocated resident Talks To Us Furious G contrary to the property developers promises there is no school and the shops are still under construction our interview is cut short by Omar's public relations officer he strictly forbids us from seeking the opinions of dissatisfied residents our filming continues inside the build building under the close supervision of sures their public relations officer he has selected a family of six that live in this two room space of 312 Square ft which they were given for free we are now going to witness a true exercise in public relations thinking that we do not understand the language the public relations officer dictates his message to the father of the family this isimportant the man perfectly recites his speech this family can consider themselves lucky because not everyone is entitled to new housing to be given a standard 95t apartment you have to prove that you have lived in the slum for 20 years so what happens to the residents who do not meet these criteria they are moved to the outskirts of the city in commuta towns such as lbai compound 50,000 people are crammed into around 60 blocks of decrepit Apartments they will were built just 10 years ago waste waterer is discharged in The Canal at the entrance of the neighborhood these two buildings house 200 families originally from dharavi who were forced to relocate to labai 8 years [Music] ago Abdul and his family of six live in this two room apartment the plot of land he occupied in Tavi was bulldozed by the [Music] authorities inar ABD owned a business these days he works as a delivery man and earns half as much this family of scrap iron workers also missed their old neighborhood three separate generations live together in this 312t dwelling Sada is not happy with the authorities [Music] this slum Rehabilitation policy has displaced and verticalized ized poverty this shortage of space is only going to get worse as the population of Mumbai is expected to grow by 8 million residents in the next 15 years every day 1,500 migrants from all over India settle in this sprawling megalopolis most of them carry out odd jobs the Labyrinth of small streets and Alleyways are brimming with Barbers dress makers and Street vendors selling spicy food the most incredible workers are those who deliver food on their bicycles dating back 130 years it is the most reliable delivery system in the world shanka aged 23 is what is known as a double Wala a pack lunch Delivery Man there are 5,000 of them in [Music] Mumbai once the pack lunches have been collected at the customer's home shanka meets up with his fellow dble walas each delivery man has a delivery zone They exchange lunch boxes depending on their destination and to do this there's no need need for a modern system with Advanced algorithms C each basket is marked with a complex code of letters and numbers the DB walas are illiterate but amazingly they are able to decipher it 7 2 [Music] 1 this archaic system is foolproof the dbas are almost never wrong Harvard University even conducted a study to try and understand how they pull this off with 66b on the carrier and the stifling 113° heat each turn of the pedal is like torture so to keep himself going shanka sings himself a tune at exactly midday he reaches the first delivery point the young accountant pays $12 a month for shanka services FR hot warm food shanka earns 12,000 rupees a month equal to $163 that it's four times less than the average wage in Mumbai but he didn't exactly choose this demanding job as a daala it is passed on from father to son each year shanka and his fellow dbas deliver 73 million meals while some age-old traditions persist in Mumbai other parts of the megalopolis are firmly focused on the future like the neighborhood bandra situated on the Arabian Sea with its treelined Avenues and green spaces Lu luy stores Old Colonial houses and elegant buildings this Haven of Peace is the neighborhood of choice for Bollywood actors and trendy [Music] artists perched on the roof of this Contemporary Art Gallery 32-year-old Janita is in the middle of a [Music] workout I'm not perfect I know that but I'm still learning took me years to at least come to this Janita is part of mumbai's high society she has a career as a model and influencer she has nearly 990,000 followers on Instagram to be honest Bombay is a city of Dreams uh some some people are actually lucky if you find a way through in whatever you want to do in your life and that's where the city really helps if you have the right contacts and the right direction and the right experience before she starts work for the day Janita likes to come for a walk by the Sea good one of the few places in the city free from pollution so we are on con Road it's in bandra obviously it's C SE facing it's just so beautiful uh in the mornings and evenings to be here especially during sunset it just feels like a different place in bom a year ago Janita became a businesswoman she launched a women's fashion brand and we have products like these like you know the harness Bell the ankle length boots we've got bags and all of it is vegan leather her modern Creations are appealing to more and more Indian women in this still very conservative country Janita is proud to be bringing about change women are now like there are a lot of corporate women they're more westernized women a woman in India can actually carry an Indian look and turn and switch into this other woman who's actually wearing dress and a backless gown you know that's that's the that's the beauty of an Indian woman and Indian [Music] fashion this morning she has a meeting with one of her business friends Surin this is his place I'm finally here oh my God I I've been waiting to come and check this place he has just opened this hip Cafe and Janita wants to show him her latest collection so are all my products obviously we do what do you have for men starting soon very soon it's going to be a surprise Bombay is everything you want it to be it's got a bit of everything so whatever you plan it all works it's about just presenting it rightly and putting it out there and she is bomb than you for thanks I don't know where I'm going to see you next in this city of Endless Possibilities some French people are capitalizing on this economic Miracle just 330 ft away Antonia Jeremy and Pierre are attending a strange ceremony pandits Hindu priests are blessing the new bakery of these three French people this is called a Puja [Music] these three French people moved to Mumbai 10 years ago attracted by the city's [Applause] magnetism they were met with Incredible success in addition to their Bakery these entrepreneurs own a chain of restaurants offering organic and local products it's a popular Concept in Europe but in India it is still a novelty they created something which is very uh uh unique and uh in terms of the quality of the food is amazing so we keep playing and also because they're amazing as well and they do it so effortlessly you don't see any stress or tension on them you feel like they are they're running like a whole empire good food good people than you each day these French entrepreneurs check in on their businesses to get from one establishment to the other requires a lot of [Music] [Music] patience the last restaurant they opened is in bandra Kola complex a brand new neighborhood built on Marshland it is home to the headquarters of large corporations such as Google Amazon and even IBM [Music] [Music] here business people Executives and financiers have greater purchases ing power they spend an average of $12 per meal the 200 members of Staff in the kitchen and dining areas of the French entrepreneurs restaurants are Indian they are part of the emerging middle class Daran holds a a clerical position I started 2 years back but I I learned many things like a different kind of bread and a lot of things like s it was a New Concept here because I learned about the organic food what we serve here it was really amazing it's a new opportunity for me also thanks to mumbai's economic dynamism so there'll be one access here Jeremy Pierre and Antonia plan to open around 10 more restaurants in New [Music] neighborhoods with the ever increasing population the city is pressing further into protected natural [Music] areas in the north of Mumbai urbanization is causing serious conflict between residents and Wildlife with an area of over 25,000 Acres the size of Paris the Sanjay Gandhi National Park is surrounded by houses the slums are inexorably moving further into the Wilderness at night leopards living in the park Venture into residential areas they head into building lobbies parking lots they mainly go after dogs but occasionally attack [Music] humans in the heart of the park ranit jadav has been keeping an eye on the leopard's movements for seven years ranit is a wildlife [Music] photographer his photographs are famous worldwide together with his colleagues he retrieves the images captured the night before by camera traps bus bus bus stop by observing these images ranit has concluded that the felines are are no longer afraid to move closer to Residents homes so we have got certain footages or uh you know pictures very close to human settlements and pictures of people also walking few minutes after the leopard had gone from the these Predators lurking just outside of Mumbai are a concern for the public in AR Colony a neighborhood straddling the borders of the park some 60 families live in constant fear of being attacked Kupa Tua works for the Department of [Music] Forestry but the locals are reluctant to enforce these rules [Music] they want the local Council to install Street lighting to help spot leopards at night Sonu kuper's colleague attempts to calm the anger of the locals but the residents are calling for a much more radical solution [Music] to calm the anger of the locals the city has created a squad that is specifically tasked with preventing these feline incursions Santos B the Squadron leader has just been called upon on by frightened villagers Santos and his team approached the area [Applause] cautiously despite the presence of predators in the area a man has come to meet the [Music] Rangers after a few minutes peace is restored around the buildings the presence of the Rangers seems to scared off the leopard despite these words of reassurance the number of attacks has escalated in recent months in Maharashtra the state in which bombai sits there have been 24 fatal attacks in 2020 Moville and his wife lost their daughter four years ago when she was eaten by a leopard [Music] [Music] Dasani 4 years old at the time was playing in front of the family home at dusk her parents found the remains of her body two days [Music] later since this tragic event male has been constantly on [Music] guard the family are now very angry with these cats that prowl the [Music] streets in the heart of the Sanji Gandhi national park at the leopard rest Center the Rangers lives are accompanied by a soundtrack of constant [Music] roaring mukes Moore looks after around 15 leopards that have been captured by his team here each cage houses a killer [Music] the adult leopard weighs no more than around 130 but it is an excellent Hunter capable of carrying a prey of £330 in areas close to cities more than a quarter of their diet comes from livestock or pets according to Mukesh Moore leopards are direct victims of the Region's rampant [Music] urbanization this conflict between man and leopard is likely to get worse in Mumbai wellfed the leopards have perfectly adapted to their cohabitation with humans their number has increased by 30% over the last 5 years and Mumbai looks like it will continue to push the forest back in the years ahead by 20150 the Indian megalopolis could become the most populated city in the world with with 42 million inhabitants since we finished working on this film Babu alvara the real estate broker has been incarcerated Under Suspicion of Fraud and embezzlement
