Cameras poised ready to capture a sighting of the rare and elusive impoverished child trundling through the gutter in rags.
Dharavi child in gutter.
On wednesday night the two year old fell into an open gutter while playing after which the bmc mumbai police fire department along with national disaster response force ndrf carried out a search operation.
Despite a continuous search operation carried out by the fire brigade he has still not been traced.
The children of dharavi.
Slum tourism is a polarizing subject concludes the lonely planet sidebar on dharavi the largest slum in mumbai and reportedly asia.
On wednesday night an 18 month old boy divyansh had fallen into an open gutter in goregaon.
Most of the kids come to school after they finish working in day long 9 to 6 shifts at the plastic recycling units.
Everyone in dharavi will tell you that the groceries being handed out by charitable organisations are gradually shrinking she says.
In yet another incident a 7 year old kid drowned to death in an open nullah in dharavi on monday.
There are limits to charity also.