when complete , over 2 000 residents are expected to be displaced . after wiping out the least desirable shanties , next in line for demolition are the illicit " well - off " shacks and neighborhoods , according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed , cleaning up mumbai ' s appearance by lowering the dominance of squatter , all make up 62 percent of mumbai ' s housing .
200,000 shanties have been demolished.