Mumbai has several major problems such as housing, infrastructure, environment, and lack of resources for this commercial city, which is certainly not sufficient for about 20 million people. We must re-structure the city by creating more suburban cities like New-Mumbai.
Transportation in Mumbai's is other major problem. Kurla Thane Additional pair of lines (just for 15 K.M) takes more than 10 years to build. I can see only a major development in Mumbai for the past 10 years is fly over bridges.
But, our brave Mumbaiiyas will make sure that the great city in India will bounce back soon. Ofcourse, this is Mumbaiwalas, who first started helping affected people by providing food, water etc. before the government realised the problem.
THis is wake up call for all Mumbaikar and politicians who are thinking of making Mumbai a Shanghai. Wada pau and amchi mumbai doesnt make a financial hub,you need a world class infrastructure to transform this city into a Shanghai. I am sorry to say this but its time for mumbai authorities to wake up. Please stop giving vague reasons that Mumbaikar carry this city on great spirits and willingness to survive . With 60% slums Mumbai is attracting world attention and causing shame on us.
Well, let us face the fact, BMC is now dead, if we allow it to function in future, it only means that we the citizens want a corpse to govern us, we donot want a healthy, living institution.
Hi Folks, I stay in Delhi and saw all whats happening in Mumbai. I appreciate the way Mumbai people are fighting this bad phase. I hope and pray rain god show mercy and things get normalized.
Been reading everybody's messages about the Mumbai rains. Scarcity of words will not let me explain everything to a T. But here's a start. The main problem started some time ago, when the infrastructure planners closed the mouth of Mithi River. This river starts at Borivali national park and moves southwards through Chandivali. So the calamity was just waiting to happen. Second, mangroves. Mangroves and open land act as a cushion or a sponge to contain all the water. Obviously the real estate developers have greased many palms to develop this land. Third, the disaster management plan. Come on man! This is Mumbai. We deserve a plan of this sort. Augment the drainage system, improve communication through walkie talkies, corporatize it by having kiosks at strategic places in Mumbai, which would be headed by managers, and put up public address systems at these very places. But why are we writing and reading? The people at the helm dont even know about this and are not going to do anything about it either. Well we can pray or stand up in the elections ourselves. Anybody to vote for me?
While hearing and looking thro the disastrous condition how the poor Mumbaikars are passing thro, though by nature, the corrupt politicians/Govt Staffs are only to be blamed.Though the 29th July calamity was due to nature, what was the contribution and effective crisis management by the so called MLAs, Ministers who go to people only during election.Their prime busines then was to receive the defected opposite camp politician and how to make him happy. Instead, the people in power should have come out to the affected areas with their Government officials and ensured right condition of attention is paid. Atleast during this type of crisis the Govt staff responsible should have been driven and made to do their duty. One thing is certain unless the Govt staffs are handled with iron hand as done by Jayalalitha of T.N. CM, the nation will not improve.
