Question

describe the condition of Chawls in Bombay

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Chawls were multi-storeyed structures built and owned by private landlords such as

. merchants, bankers and building contractors. -

. Each chawl was divided into smaller one-room tenements, which had no private toilets.

. Many families could reside at a time in a tenement.

. People had to keep the windows of their rooms closed even in humid weather due to close proximity of filthy gutters, buffalo stables, etc.

. Though water was scarce, and people often quarrelled every morning for a turn at the tap, observers found that houses were kept quite clean.