when finished , over 2 million people are projected to be displaced . after wiping out the least desirable shanties , next in track for destruction are the illegal " better - off " shanties and neighborhoods , according to the physical and bureaucratic motions that have been aimed to cleaning up mumbai ' s appearance by lowering the prevalence of squatters , which make up 62 percent of mumbai ' s inhabitants .
200,000 shanties have been demolished.