00:00So Ishra ji is taking us to her house.
00:07I am right now. This is Gareeb Nagar.
00:09This is Gareeb Nagar. We are going in one lane.
00:12This is her house.
00:14Let's go sister. Let's see what's ahead.
00:16So this is one of the unexplored places.
00:22No light.
00:23And these are your small houses.
00:26I can tell you the stench is quite difficult to live.
00:34It is quite difficult to live.
00:38The place where we are going.
00:39This is how she is going to her house.
00:41This is her house.
00:42You can imagine the difficulty, problems that they face here.
00:47How do you go to the toilet and washroom here?
00:52You have to stand in a queue here.
00:54I see.
00:56There is a small shop here.
01:02So this is how everyone has made their homes?
01:05Yes, everyone has made their homes.
01:07They have made a room for themselves.
01:13But we haven't done anything yet.
01:16And how do you use the light here?
01:18There is a rat here.
01:20If we take Rs.1500 or Rs.1000, they don't give us a rat.
01:24I see.
01:26This is our cabin.
01:29Let's show you our house.
01:31This is our cabin.
01:33Who made this cabin?
01:36It was already made.
01:38So do you imagine how difficult is it?
01:41The living conditions.
01:43This is the hut.
01:45Namaste.
01:47So this is the house of Ishra.
01:50And this is the living condition.
01:52Are these your children?
01:53No, they are her children.
01:54This is my son.
01:55I see.
01:56And you imagine the situation, the living condition.
02:00At least here you have some light.
02:03And this is Ishra ji's house.
02:06Please turn on the light and show us what you make.
02:10So we have finally reached.
02:11It was not easy to just cross.
02:14This is her house.
02:15And this is how she reaches from the entire...
02:18You know it is like a tunnel where you can't see anything.
02:21There is no light at all.
02:22And you can imagine the living conditions in this place.
02:26This is Garib Nagar.
02:27This is Didi's house.
02:29She will show us her house.
02:33And these are her children.
02:35And there is a small chicken here.
02:39So how do you manage to live here?
02:42I have given him the light for 5 minutes and now he will turn it off.
02:44Didi, this is your house.
02:46You have made it upstairs for living.
02:48Yes, we have made it upstairs.
02:49So most of your houses are like this.
02:51Yes, all of them are like this.
02:52I don't have anything.
02:53We are living like this.
02:54Please tell us a little about what you do,
02:56about the clothes you have kept here.
03:01We pack them in big packets.
03:03What is all this, Didi?
03:05We pack it in 5-5 packets.
03:07We put corn in it.
03:09Oh, these are your small clothes.
03:12Do you have a supplier?
03:15No, we make clothes for each other.
03:17How much do you sell for 5-5 packets, Didi?
03:21We sell it for 1 rupee.
03:22You sell it for 1 rupee.
03:24And do you get the goods?
03:26No, no. People give it to us.
03:27They give it to you.
03:28You just have to sew it?
03:29Yes.
03:30No, we have to pack it.
03:31You just have to pack it.
03:32We have to make it straight.
03:33We have to put labels on it.
03:34We have to do it one by one.
03:35So if you make one, you get 1 rupee, right?
03:37Yes.
03:38Please tell us your name again.
03:40Ishrat Ishtiaq Sheikh.
03:41Ishrat Ishtiaq Sheikh lives in Ishrat ji's house.
03:45He has two lovely children in Gareeb Nagar.
03:48We are talking a lot in this election.
03:52But look at their living conditions.
03:57This is your living condition.
03:58This is Didi's kitchen.
03:59She has made a small house upstairs.
04:01They live here.
04:03How many families are there like you, Didi?
04:06Me?
04:08How many families live here like you, Ishrat?
04:11Everyone lives here.
04:13How many families?
04:15But how many families are there?
04:17How many families are there?
04:19200 families, 350 families.
04:21500 to 600 families.
04:23500 to 600 families living in this condition, in this area.
04:27And their demand is very basic.
04:29Water, electricity.
04:30But there is no electricity.
04:32There is no tap.
04:33There is no toilet.
04:34It comes and goes after half an hour.
04:37They give it to us at 9 in the night.
04:39We cut it again and again.
04:40They don't let us sleep.
04:41And then at 4 in the morning, they cut it.
04:45And then they don't give us anything.
04:47If they give us a little, we cut it.
04:49They take 1000 rupees.
04:50What is the biggest problem of living here?
04:53The biggest problem is electricity and water.
04:55The biggest problem.
04:57If that comes, everything will be fine?
04:59Yes, everything will be fine.
05:01Is your business going well?
05:02Yes.
05:03If there is no electricity, how will we work in the summer?
05:05There is no heat.
05:07How many children do you have?
05:09I have three boys and one girl.
05:11One is my husband.
05:13We are a family of six.
05:15What do you do for water?
05:17We have to get up at 4 in the morning.
05:19Then we have to fill water.
05:21They also lock us in the tap.
05:23How much water do you fill?
05:26We fill a bucket of water.
05:29If we don't get up, we won't get water.
05:32Even if we ask for a glass, no one will give us.
05:34We will throw it, but no one will give us.
05:36This is what we do here.
05:38The public doesn't give us water.
05:40Is there a tap where you have to fill water at 4?
05:42Yes.
05:44How far is that tap?
05:46You have to go down the stairs.
05:48You have to pay 200 rupees.
05:50Do you pay them 200 rupees?
05:52Yes.
05:54Still, we don't get water.
05:56How much do you earn per month?
05:58We don't earn 2-3 days per month.
06:00We earn 400-500 rupees per month.
06:02Per month?
06:04Yes.
06:06In a month, we earn 5000-8000 rupees.
06:08It depends on the quality of the material.
06:10The more the material, the more money we earn.
06:12The more the material, the more money we earn.
06:14How much is the cost?
06:16Do your children go to your school?
06:18Yes.
06:20My daughter is studying in the 12th grade.
06:22It costs 10,000-12,000 rupees.
06:24The tuition fee is 800 rupees.
06:26The tuition fee is 800 rupees.
06:28My daughter is studying in a national school.
06:32It's a private school.
06:34They charge us for everything.
06:36We request them to forgive us for being poor.
06:38But they don't forgive us.
06:40Are you from Mumbai?
06:42No, I am from Firozabad.
06:44You are from Firozabad?
06:46Yes.
06:48We have been living here for 25-26 years.
06:50All my children were born here.
06:52My husband used to live here.
06:54So we came here.
06:56Won't you have a good life in Firozabad?
06:58Won't you have a good life in Firozabad?
07:00We don't go anywhere.
07:02We are poor people.
07:04We don't ask anyone.
07:06We just stay here.
07:08We don't ask anyone.
07:10We don't ask anyone.
07:12So this is the Mumbai that you must see.
07:14So this is the Mumbai that you must see.
07:16These are the houses of hundreds and thousands of families
07:18These are the houses of hundreds and thousands of families
07:20who are living in Bandra, nearby.
07:22And not just Bandra or nearby but everywhere in Mumbai.
07:24And not just Bandra or nearby but everywhere in Mumbai.
07:26Whether you go to Mahim or ONGC area
07:28or wherever, you have such living conditions.
07:30or wherever, you have such living conditions.
07:32So imagine their pain and their tragedy,
07:34the way they are living.
07:36Now, it is up to you.
07:38Who do you decide as the new CM of Maharashtra?
07:40Of course, the battle is going to be interesting.
07:42Of course, the battle is going to be interesting.
07:44But our choice or what we are left with
07:46is to help you decide
07:48is to help you decide
07:50and provide you the latest information
07:52or tell you the truth or show you the truth
07:54how people really live
07:56in these slums.
07:58What are the conditions?
08:00These lights are temporary.
08:02There is no water. She pays 200
08:04She pays 200
08:06every month to get water
08:08but that too is limited.
08:10And after that she does not have anything.
08:12There is no washroom, nothing. They have to be in the queue
08:14even to use the washroom. So imagine the kind of
08:16living conditions that they are in.
08:18So this is the area of
08:20Garimagar
08:22and you will see that
08:24I can't walk straight at this place
08:26because this place is
08:28so congested. You have the live wire up
08:30and people
08:32have small businesses. They do
08:34small work over here also.
08:36So this is the condition
08:38of the place
08:40and I will show you
08:42how when we go out
08:44how is the situation.
08:46I will show you the gully
08:48from where we came out just to
08:50tell you that what is the condition
08:52and how people are living. If I had to
08:54live at this place, I think I will be walking
08:56like this everyday because you just can't
08:58you know stand
09:00you have all the wires here
09:02and of course
09:04these conditions won't change until and unless
09:06there is redevelopment of these
09:08areas and people have demand
09:10that there should be water here
09:12there should be electricity
09:14but as the woman was saying
09:16we don't have the proper supply
09:18of electricity
09:20so let's see what all happens
09:22for people like these who are
09:24living in such areas
09:26which is catastrophic
09:28I just can't imagine living here
09:30but people are living in
09:32huge numbers. At least more than 500-600
09:34families here but imagine
09:36all across Mumbai
09:38people are living here
09:40like these sort of living conditions
09:42are common across Mumbai
09:44I think that's all I can say for One India
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