When tourists or residents look for Mumbai Information, it is mostly regarding the emergency numbers of Mumbai, the police stations, Mumbai hospitals and the infrastructure as a whole. Mumbai is one of the mega-cities of the world but has a strange admixture of opposites. The city has become of the financial capital of India and is home to Bollywood, one of the largest film industries. Mumbai is an island city, which is slightly connected to the main subcontinent. As such, Mumbai has long stretches of beach.
Mumbai has a huge population of 12,883,645 people as per the demographic records of 2001 and has been ever increasing. It is said that each day hundreds of families come over to this city in hope of securing jobs. As such, space in Mumbai is limited and hence the cost of housing is very high. Only about 14% of the Mumbaikars belong to the elite class and about 60% of
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Mumbai's population reside in the streets and slums. The slums in Mumbai are concentrated in Dharavi, Byculla, Parel, Mahim Creek and many other places. Much has been done to elevate the living conditions of the slum dwellers. The Mumbai slums together make for the third largest of its king in the world, after the slums in Mexico City and Lahore.
The huge population of Mumbai demands the set up of huge number of Hospitals. Indeed, the municipality of Mumbai maintains many hospitals in Mumbai. This apart, there are a number of private hospitals. Some of the hospitals are extremely well specialized and equipped with the best of medical instruments. Apart from hospitals, there are blood banks, oxygen supply centers, fire stations, police stations to ensure safety and well being of tourists and residents of Mumbai. There are an estimated 22,000 beds in Mumbai.
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