Plane landing in Mumbai - aerial footage of Bombay slums

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Plane landing in Mumbai. One can see the slums of Dharavi below. This is one the largest slum clusters in the world, like the favelas of Rio. Mumbai is the most populous city in India, and the second most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14 million. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India. Mumbai consists of two distinct regions: Mumbai City district and Mumbai Suburban district. The total area of Mumbai is 603.4 km2. The city of dreams, tinsel town, Bollywood. Call it what you will. This is India's city of hard work and perspiration leading to lives made or then lives merely being lived, whether in drudgery or toil. The airport one lands at is the Chhatrapati shivaji International airport in Bombay. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footag