WASHINGTON : The World Bank on Wednesday praised the efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai’s Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, saying its success stemmed from a combination of “customised solutions", community involvement and perseverance.Dharavi, which is located in India's commercial capital Mumbai, is spread over an area of 2.5 square kilometres and has a population of 650,000.
People live in shanties and dilapidated buildings with narrow lanes and open sewers.The first COVID-19 patient in Dharavi was detected on April 1, nearly three weeks after Mumbai recorded its maiden positive case on March 11.The Washington-based global lender, in its biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report, said that in the.