ASALFA- POSITANO OF MUMBAI
- TIRTHANKAR DAS
- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min read
The transformed look of Asalpha slum in Mumbai's Ghatkopar suburb has become the topic of discussion for many.
Until a couple of years ago, Asalpha village in Ghatkopar was just like any other slum in Mumbai – leaking houses, narrow lanes, grey and black covered by blue plastic in monsoons. Chal Rang De, an NGO decided to change it all in 2017. They got volunteers and partnerships in place such that in just over two weekends their volunteers painted 175 walls of this Asalpha village changing it in a fortnight into something completely different and beautiful. 'It feels wonderful, how a Mumbai slum became a riot of color says Amit, a resident of Asalfa.
Asalfa has an ugliness like all other slums of Mumbai. Asalfa is home to more than half the city’s total population of 18 million. In early December, Chal Rang De was started, a team of roughly 400 volunteers began painting 175 walls.
Dedeepya Reddy while crossing Asalpha village one day, dreamt to paint it. Dedeepya Reddy, founder Chal Rang De and the woman who decided are the masterminds behind this wonderful initiative They only wanted to change the way people look at slums in India.
Poor sanitation, un-clean water, no electricity and, sultry and life-threateningly overcrowded public transport to work are the problems or you can say daily struggle that slum dwellers of India deal with.
The walls are not like before, the colors are getting washed away during monsoon, says a resident of Asalfa.
Maybe we see a colorful Aslafa but still, there are many areas in the slums that hasn’t been colored yet.
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