RE:Best city
by ALOK DHOTEKAR on May 22, 2007 11:08 PM
Well..... have you all seen NAGPUR.... just come once and see for yourself... every other city will lose out...
RE:Best city
by shashank k on May 23, 2007 01:54 AM
been there... roads r good, thanks to Munci Comm Chandrashekar, but ppl dont have traffic sense. cant blame if handrickshaws still droll throu the main roads.... electricity,load shedding, heat etc problems like other cities...
RE:Best city
by M K on May 23, 2007 02:07 AM
Nagpur Comes under top 10 Cities in India ... out of top 10 Cities 3 are in Maharashtra ..except for hyd , bang and madras ..whole south india is like tribal area..
RE:Best city
by M K on May 23, 2007 03:10 AM
Chennai ... Oh god ..if you ask any non-tamilian ... goosebump will run thru his body. Nobody want to go to chennai ...
RE:Best city
by subrajit basu on May 22, 2007 10:11 PM
FOR Hyd to be a worldclass city, the traffic conditions need to be imporved. Its horrible to say the list. I have been in Hyd for the last 5 years and I can say the condition is just deteriorating.
RE:RE:Best city
by M K on May 23, 2007 12:09 AM
Hyderabad is a local southindian city ... nothing is there in hyderabad ..I have been there for 2 years ..most pathetic city in the world. Ugly city with Ugly peoples
with the ruppe apreciating agianst the dollar, in a few days time we will have 35 Rs for a dollar, many IT cos and BPOs will shut operations, many jobs will go back to the US, exports/outsourcing will be unviable and property rates will fall by 400 % . Not a long time needed , another couple of months thats all.Ruppee aprceciated from 44.50 to 40.70 in 2 months
RE:Dont worry guys we are in for crash landing
by manoj on May 22, 2007 10:11 PM
Even if the dollar goes to 10 rs. American companies spend 5K per month per offshore employee so the person may get 30-40K per month and he will be working from home.
Also there will be less traffic and the Real estate will fall 100% so every one can afford a housing
RE:Dont worry guys we are in for crash landing
by Tight Pascal on May 22, 2007 09:38 PM
Bob,
You may be more right and prophetic than you know. IT ops though may not go back to the US. There is always Malaysia, Vitenam and Russia waiting to attract this business.
Your projection is highly feasible.
I hope all the foreign investors could realise this. If this segment pulls out, there should be a significant free fall.
RE:Dont worry guys we are in for crash landing
by Sunny on May 22, 2007 09:49 PM
Bob Seth seems to be an Indian (gujju ?!) settelled in the US - considering himself to he an american - and hoping against hope that all this outsourcing stops and works stays in the US for inefficient people like him to go on enjoying life without any efforts ! That's not gonna happen, bob. wake up from your dreams. The indian born confused desis like Bob are more dangerous to the indian growth story than the Americans themselves ! People like him are at the forefront of the anti-outsourcing brigade. Shame on you, seth !
RE:RE:Dont worry guys we are in for crash landing
by Sunit Kumar on May 22, 2007 09:54 PM
Sunny i agree with u, Bob must be eating gathia dhokla and farting in his corner shop !!
Your information is wrong. I am amazed to see Dubai much below Mumbai. Rents in Dubai are 3 to 4 times than in Mumbai. Also Doha does not appear in the list which is absurd. Doha rents are even expensive than Dubai.
RE:RE:Totally Wrong
by Sunit Kumar on May 22, 2007 09:30 PM
Abe, Mumbai ke Marine Lines me ek square foot ka bhaav maloom hai kyaa...fatichar sala Dubai me do mahina nahi raha aur mumbai ke flats ka bhaav nikalne chala...level dekh !!!
RE:Totally Wrong
by rahul on May 22, 2007 10:03 PM
Sunit, you are absolutely correct, people when they cannot afford look down on Mumbai. I have seen many goans, managalorians, Madrasis, Keralites criticising because they cannot afford. Long Live Sunit Kumar
RE:Totally Wrong
by sai rahul on May 22, 2007 09:25 PM
You cannot use the conversion rate directly here. You have to use the PPP (Purchasing power parity). Conversion rates are generally skewed.
Aap kahan ho Mumbaikar Rao...Aapko mein dhoond ke thak gaya. Hindi se aapko badi chid hai. Hindi nahi aati kya aapko??? Main sikhauu? Apne baap se silkne mein sharam kaisi??
I am totally confused with this article. when you have a list like this, can you please let us know what is the criterion to select the cheapest cities? Do they mean to say that the cities like Minneapolis and Dallas are cheaper than the cities in Asian countries like India,China or Indonesia.Given the currency conversion rates I find it rather hard to swallow. May be the research agencies should add a disclaimer that they surveyed cities that they know of.
RE:What is the criterion??
by Sunit Kumar on May 22, 2007 09:46 PM
Abir Ghosh, kaai ko load le raha hai ? r u going to shift to various cities based on these surveys than i would say u need to see a SHRINK !!
Mumbai is a commercial city and the economic pressures have pegged its land and real estate to astronomical prices. To keep the prices down the satellite cities and towns around Mumbai need to be better connected so that people can live in the satellite towns and cities and commute to Mumbai faster and more efficiently by the construction of some infrastructure necessary.
1> Increase the conectivity with Navi Mumbai by constructing the THIRD BRIDGE OVER THANE CREEK between Vikroli-Kannamwar Nagar in the eastern suburbs and Kopar Kahirane in Navi Mumbai. This will have an additional link with Navi Mumbai appart from Airoli and Mankhurd. It has been again on the planning boards and was part of the election promises so many times.
2> Kalyan- Dombivali-UlhasNagar-Ambernath needs to be connected to Navi Mumbai faster. The bottleneck is the Parsik Mountain Range and the Mama-Bhacha mountains. Simple solution is to drill 2 road tunnels trough the mountains will connect Navi Mumbai with the Kalyan- Dombivali-UlhasNagar-Ambernath region faster, and no more Mumbra Bottlenecks. Its a very practical solution again needs to move beyond the planing stages.
3>The massive bridge thats been on the drawing boards for some 30 years its the one connecting Sewree in Central Mumbai with Navha Sheva-JNPT needs to be REALLY CONSTRUCTED. Its being on the agenda for so many years people feel its a myth it will be constructed.
All these steps will connect Mumbai well to the satellite towns and cities, which will lead to faster transportation to and from Mumbai.
RE:Improving connectivity to Satellite cities of Mumbai will bring down prices.
by jay b on May 22, 2007 09:11 PM
Mumbai is just a revenue generating machine for the State . There is reluctance to solve any of the problems (which is quite obvious seeing the condition of the city infrastructure) since this would involve diverting state development money to be spent on city development . Also if connectivity does happen it would lead to decrease in Apartment prices which the builder lobby would not like .
RE:Improving connectivity to Satellite cities of Mumbai will bring down prices.
by Sunit Kumar on May 22, 2007 09:12 PM
BostonPunekar, good planning but yaar if u can tell these things, dont u think the government does not know, then why are they not doing it ? Simple Answer: Chaltaa hai !!! Boss wait for next 10 years , if these wishes comes true, than India is developed, but these will never happen, in the next 50 years !!
RE:Improving connectivity to Satellite cities of Mumbai will bring down prices.
by jay b on May 22, 2007 09:32 PM
These are all day dreams and like Carrots. It is time Mumbai people start investing their Hard Earned money in their respective states (UP,.....) and develop their regions in planned way rather than relying on things which might rarely happen (in mumbai). Also decentralisation is a must for a large economy like ours rather than developing just one city like mumbai.
RE:Improving connectivity to Satellite cities of Mumbai will bring down prices.
by Tight Pascal on May 22, 2007 09:14 PM
Boston,
You are talking about curing the symptoms to Mumbai's problem. The problem and its root cause is where the treatment needs to be focussed.
Real estate prices are decidedmanipulated by a powerful few.
Have you ever wondered why Mumbai was never effectively decentralised? What is happening with Navi Mumbai should have been done 20 years ago when the expert projections predicted a scenario worse than what it is today.
Decentralization would deflate the 'astronomical' prices which would hurt the net worth of the powerful, influential people who own super-prime real estate in South Mumbai.
Any number of new bridges and flyovers will only add to the nuisance. Besides, this is like putting multiples band-aid strips on a open wound!!
thts the basic tendency of we indians , once a topic comes nd we all starts blaming the government, local bodies etc, do we follow the basic community rule for throwing garbage and waste , follow traffic rules etc just compare the tax paying people of shanghai , Ny, london etc with those of mumbai, we feel proud in saving taxes and then demand of infrastructure and basic ameneties
