Random Mumbai Facts

From the latest issue of TimeOut Mumbai:

• Mumbai's 7.2 million slumdwellers constitute 60% of the population


• In a four month period starting last November, government bulldozers demolished 90,000 dwellings, making 300,000 people homeless


• Only 40% of households are connected to sewers


• There are 800 functioning public toilet blocks; this is 20,000 less than needed; the public toilets are so deep in shit that city workers refuse to clean them, even for extra pay


• Suburban trains have a capacity of 1,750 passengers; at rush hour, 4,000 passengers are crammed into each train


• 110 new vehicles are added to Mumbai every day; average traffic speed: 6-8 km/h

Mumbai Mirror's Daily Sexpert Question earlier this week:

"I am a 25 year old married woman. I need some advice regarding our sex life. We got married in May this year. My husband faces the following problems during intercourse: 1) he breathes heavily and gets exhausted very soon, 2) he sweats a lot 3) our sex does not last for long and we don't enjoy the act. Kindly suggest a solution to these problems"