3 Govt Plans That May Change The Face Of Mumbai

The space-starved city of Mumbai keeps struggling to fit in new migrants that keep adding up to the population numbers every year. This is also the reason why no amount of new project launches and upgrade of infrastructure are ever sufficient to meet the demands the rise in population numbers poses. At the same time, the maximum city is known for its highly expensive real estate and counted among the least affordable markets in the world. In the middle of all this, authorities keep coming up with plans to ensure the have-nots are provided with better housing and the popularity of the world-class city is also maintained.

Here are some plans recently announced plans by the authorities aimed at achieving the same:

• Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari certainly has ambitious plans for the city. Constructing a building taller than the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, and a green boulevard grander than Mumbai's Marine Drive are parts of his redevelopment plan for the eastern waterfront that will be developed on a wasteland, owned by the Mumbai Port Trust.  

"We are not giving our land to the builders and investors. We have plans to develop the area...We are making a green, smart road, three times bigger than the Marine Drive. We plan historic landmark bigger than Burj Khalifa. The plan is ready; we are waiting for the approval from the Cabinet,” Gadkari was quoted by the Press Trust of India as saying.

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• The railway ministry is planning to, at the same place, rehabilitate about 12 lakh slum dwellers occupying about 78 hectares of its land across Mumbai.  With the help of the state Slum Rehabilitation Authority, the Suresh Prabhu-led ministry would carry out the redevelopment work.  These dingy, grimy accommodations certainly indicate towards the poor state of infrastructure affairs in Mumbai, a city that is counted among the most expensive property markets in the world.

• Previous mishaps have urged the state administration to carry out an inspection of old bridges and flyovers to prevent accidents. In the past few days, the state administration, say media reports,  has identified 22 flyovers in the maximum city that need urgent repairs. Property of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC), these flyovers are 20-40 years old. While the repair operation that is likely to be finished by May 31 could trigger traffic snarl up in a city, which is notorious for jams, it would ensure longer life of the flyovers. 

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