Dear Ashish,
Incidentally, I had already seen it the first time around, and was confused with the amounts being quoted in Rupees and Dollars at different points, so much so that the full figure is not available as such.
And you mention about the debt of Maharashtra State of Rs.2 Lakh 9 Thousand Crores, but no solution to that.
Neither do I see the details in the presentation, other than it should be done like this or that, with huge investments in the City.
Unlock huge value in MMR, how.
Will cover, to be provided, will be relocated on land provided by Government of Maharashtra, 45 storey towers, wholly underground metro, to clean and restore mangroves, excess Railway land to be used for public use, concept 10 is again, will, will, will.
Regarding only the surplus land of the Railways, according to me, the Railways do not have any surplus land, whatever is with them is supposed to be used for the Railways, which by the way is public use any way.
The project scale is self explanatory to the extenety that it is huge.
Such an investment of finance and human resources in the rest of Maharashtra will bring the development of the State far beyond what will happen if the same is concentrated in Mumbai, no matter how the Mumbai Megaproject is structured.
To develop the MMR, I would first make sure Mumbai gets water supply from the Arabian Sea, cost to be borne by MMRDA, which would release the water in Vaitarna, Modak Sagar to the people of the region they are in.
Further, the administrative capital to be moved to Nagpur, before Vidarbha becomes separate state, so that the so called leaders of the people go to the people, rather than force the people come from the far regions of the state all the way to Mumbai, further straining the infrastructure.
The head quarters of Western Railway should be moved to Ratlam or Kota, Central Railway to Gonda or Bhandara.
These are the low cost high value ways of decongesting Mumbai, making it more manageable and on the way to bring it to some kind of standard.
With the monies being quoted, all of Maharashtra would seriously get upgraded.
Thanqx.
Jagdeep
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Ashish Puntambekar <ashish.puntambekar@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Jagdeep,I went through your response to the Mumbai Megaproject.While the project and its the concepts are open to critical comment, and Indeed we welcomebetter ideas , what I found lacking in your response is detail.Either , you have not seen the presentation and not understood it or there is some other issue.For instance , you have not :1. Commented about the Financing plan , which shows how I plan to raise Rs 14 Lakh Crores( Slides 15, 16 and 17 )2. Said anything about an alternative plan to house 9 Million Slumdwellers or even a fraction ofthat number3. You have also not provided any alternative Logistics plan ... that is better than the presentplan which features 16 Ro - Ro Jettys , which allow construction to proceed with minimalimpact on normal life4. You have not provided any ideas as to how Schools and Hospitals can be built in Maharashtra.Govt of Maharashtra has a debt of 209,000 Crores. The Megaproject has a proper plan torepay that debt totally. In addition it finances thousands of Schools and small hospitals allover India. Please see the following link to see in how much detail this has been workedout. This is the level of detail I expect in a professional response .As I have said before , Professional Level Criticism has a certain quality about it and it isalways welcome and an entire project can be changed to accomodate better ideas.The response below could have been more detailed.Sincerely,Ashish PuntambekarProject DesignerThe Mumbai Megaproject
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Jagdeep DESAI <jagdeep.desai1@gmail.com> wrote:
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 KALAMBy 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.If not, go for this massive upheaval.Which is, truly mega in its concept, megalomaniacal.Jagdeep DESAIArchitectSecretaryFounder TrusteeForum for Improving Qulaity of Life in Mumbai Suburbs>>>State mulls elevated road on Sion-Mulund LBS RoadZeeshan Shaikh , Hindustan Times
Mumbai, November 09, 2011
The idea was mooted by Naseem Khan, the guardian minister of suburban Mumbai, and the MumbaiMetropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) will undertake a feasibility study for the project.
"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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Su27eBYGjgUnique Solution
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,
Ashish Puntambekar
Project DesignerContact Details : ashish.puntambekar@gmail.com, Ph : 91 - 9867612368
" Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. "
- - Theodore Roosevelt
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