Mumbai residents risk lives to escape sky-high rents


Mumbai (AFP) – Among the swanky skyscrapers of Mumbai, India’s financial capital, families risk their lives staying in dilapidated buildings as they try to escape the city’s high rents. Hundreds of residential buildings face demolition, with authorities fearing they could collapse — as some have already — due to heavy monsoon rains.

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