Hello,
Yet another no brainer, an elevated road over one of Mumbai's widest roads.
The reason, a single line statement by a minister, that
<The roads in the city are filled with traffic. LBS Road, in particular, is heavily crowded. The MMRDA should consider building an elevated road on this stretch> Khan told metropolitan commissioner Rahul Asthana in a review meeting of MMRDA's projects, held on Wednesday.
What is filled with traffic on LBS Marg.
Have a look, most of the road is occupied with randomly, haphazardly parked LCV, MCV, HCV, cranes, excavators, water tankers, fuel tankers, container trucks, long flat bed trailers, etc., leaving just a lane free, out of the three, and at places, four and more lanes of LBS Marg.
Add to that, any number of civic works, sky walk columns, and other nonsense obstructions, and we can see that the road is barely utilsed to a quater or a third of its potential.
For God's aske, stop the movement and entry of HCV and delivery vehicles between 08h00 and 23h00, and see how the traffic in Mumbai is transformed, productivity increased by maybe fifty per cent if not more.
Get those HCV and similar size vehicles off the roads in the datime and working hours, put them in parking lots under the fly overs, outside Mumbai, in designated pay and park spots, make money.
As of now, they all have free parking, free parking, free parking, resulting in blocking traffic throughout Mumbai.
So what exactly is this gentleman talking about.
Mean time, have a look at the communication below.
The final countdown for total destruction of Mumbai.
The poor farmers of Vidharba and elsewhere in Maharashtra will suffer even more.
Is Mumbai the proverbial cash cow or is it the suffering and sufferable scapegoat.
Just imagine the enormous mind boggling disruption of the daily life this would heap on the already flattened Mumbai residents.
How about putting those crores in the rest of the state, under the Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, PURA, oiriginally conceptualised by Dr. A P J Abdul KALAM
By changing focus only to the hinterland, where the real Maharashtra stays, Mumbai will prosper by sheer force of pressure release, and in return, help the state.
No more JNNURM, only Rural Development, PURA.
Give water piped to Mumbai back to the Nashik water shed area, and only invest in water treatment of sea water to supply Mumbai.
That's it for Mumbai's investment.
Don't believe me, try it.
Don't believe me, try it.
If not, go for this massive upheaval.
Which is, truly mega in its concept, megalomaniacal.
Jagdeep DESAI
Architect
Secretary
Founder Trustee
Forum for Improving Qulaity of Life in Mumbai Suburbs
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State mulls elevated road on Sion-Mulund LBS Road
Zeeshan Shaikh , Hindustan Times
Mumbai, November 09, 2011
Mumbai, November 09, 2011
| 0 Comments The state government is contemplating an elevated road over the existing Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) road, which runs from Sion to Mulund and is one of the busiest and an arterial road in the city. |
The idea was mooted by Naseem Khan, the guardian minister of suburban Mumbai, and the Mumbai
"The roads in the city are filled with traffic. LBS Road, in particular, is heavily crowded. The MMRDA should consider building an elevated road on this stretch, Khan told metropolitan commissioner Rahul Asthana in a review meeting of MMRDA's projects, held on Wednesday.
The MMRDA has assured the minister that it will look into the feasibility of the project.
LBS road is one of the busiest stretches in the city. It was earlier an industrial hub, but over the years, manufacturing units are being replaced by swank housing societies.
This is not the first time that the state has contemplated building an elevated road on a busy stretch, to ease Mumbai traffic woes. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) had earlier floated the idea of making an elevated road from Bandra to Dahisar, on the Western Express Highway. However, the plan never took off.
The MSRDC is presently considering building flyovers on SV Road and Link Road.
The guardian minister, after the review meeting, claimed that the first corridor of Metro rail between Versova – Andheri – Ghatkopar would be completed by November 2012, and work on the Mono rail would be completed by June 2012.
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From: Ashish Puntambekar <ashish.puntambekar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Subject: The Mumbai Megaproject ... at Cutting Edge of Innovation in Urban Infrastructure Development in India
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Attached is the concept presentation for The Mumbai Megaproject.The Mumbai Megaproject ", is a large , do-able plan that unlocks US $ 308 Billion ( Rs 14 Lakh Crores ) of value in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region ( MMR ) and uses that money to totally re-construct the city of Mumbai within a 9 – 11 year period starting in 2014 with the objective of preparing Mumbai to make a bid for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games.Slides 15, 16 and 17 in the attached presentation are important as they show how the above mentioned funds will raised and made available in Mumbai.The Presentation to launch this large project was made by me on the 24th of Sept' 2011 at the YB Chavan Hall at Nariman Point in Mumbai. Presentation Video is on the You Tube Link below.
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The current debt of the State. of Maharashtra ( 2011 ) stands at Rs 2,09,000 Crores or roughly US $ 46 Billion. Given this huge debt, the Govt of Maharashtra is in no position to issue any more debt to finance large infrastructure projects or give financial guarantees.
Given this situation, The Mumbai Megaproject is a worthwhile project proposal / plan as It needs just Rs 3000 Crores ($ 0.6 Bn ) as a one time grant to startup a huge economic Engine that will generate an Urban Equity Withdrawal Surplus of Rs 14 Lakh Crores Without any further cash needs from either the central government or the Govt of Maharashtra. Essentially ... the Megaproject is totally self financing after the first cash injection of Rs 3000 Crores from the JNNURM scheme of the Govt Of India.The challenge for a project designer, in conceptualizing projects of this magnitude in India is " How do we transition a country of 1.2 billion people from a 400 million Middle Class to one with a 600 - 700 Million Middle Class , without ruining the environment ?".This is the fundamental design issue which the Mumbai Megaproject answers through large scale use of environmental friendly technologies and most importantly by curbing rural migration through massive investment in Education, healthcare and employment initiatives in Rural communities across 28 states and 7 Union Territories.The project also has a sophisticated and protocol based IT Platform and reporting system ( The Context based Communications Platform ) which will keep a strict vigil on Contract award procedures and execution. It is therefore very unlikely that Scams of the kind we have seen recently in New Delhi will recur without generating an instant system alert.
Please check out the presentation. The city of Mumbai is going to see some big changes. The Megaproject is also the worlds largest Green project as its Urban Equity Withdrawal component will be used to finance the growing of 2.5 Million hectares of New Forests in Maharashtra besides 7000 Acres of Mangroves around Mumbai city. The Project will also have a large CO2 Sequestration component where some of the the city's waste will be incinerated and the CO2 will be pumped offshore
to the ONGC Oil Fields to enhance oil production at Bombay High. The use of low energy construction materials will be its other major feature.In my view, this project is going to invite interest, mainly because of its promise to settle Maharashtra's huge debt of Rs 209,000 crores.The other options, if any,are not so promising.Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
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