when complete , over 2 million people are expected to be displaced . after wiping out the more likely roofed , next in queue for demolition are the illegal " well - off " shanties and suburbs , according to the administrative and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up mumbai ' s appearance by declining the dominance of shanties , which make up 62 million of mumbai ' s housing .
200,000 shanties have been demolished.