The civic body's efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, have been greatly appreciated, but residents say they have been facing discrimination and are losing out on their daily income from employers and business partners, due to this very location. It seems as the numbers of those infected by COVID-19 are decreasing in Dharavi, the social stigma against its residents is rising.

Numerous domestic workers and small businessmen, who used to be frequently hired say that people are scared to do so because they live in Dharavi, once the hotspot for the pandemic. Forty-five-year-old Vijiya Malesh Chatri, who has been living here for the past 25 years, and who used to work as a domestic help in several homes before the lockdown was announced, said, "It's not fair that people are scared of us just because we live here. This mentality of the so-called rich and the educated has become a real problem. It's denying us our daily income simply because we come from Dharavi."