An Overview of Proposed Public Space - Detail
1. About Roundabouts
The roundabout which is on enroute the studios, is in the form of a giant tree-pot. It also doubles up as a seating area during non-peak hours.
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- Roundabouts in Mumbai are few, as compared to what a typical city should have. The roundabout near Haji Ali which, doubled up as garden was cleared many years ago to ease traffic jams.
- Trees in the middle of streets are often seen as accident-prone areas. The tree in the middle of the Veer Savarkar Marg by the Catering College in Dadar, has claimed several lives.
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2. Haunted Towers
- Rumor has it that, one of the tall towers in the extreme background is haunted. Please do not take my word for it, as I have heard several versions of accidental deaths and suicides. Please feel free to share your stories and watch out for this space. Is it even haunted in the first place…
- On close inspection of the picture, there is mobile number for 'THAKUR', reminds me of 'The Thakur' in 'Sholay'.
3. Concrete Paver Block(ed)
Stumbling……..ouch!! ouch!!
In recent times, a survey of public spaces in Mumbai cannot go without stumbling over these loosely-fitted Concrete Paver Blocks (CPB). This unattended pile was stacked by and in the government-owned redundant land.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is spending Rs. 680 crore of taxpayers’ money this year to re-lay foothpaths with CPB.
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Corporators fear the Paver Blocks will not last the test of Monsoon as they have already started coming loose on several streets across the city.
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4. Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted
One of the nullah’s branches cuts through a children’s playground and a government-owned redundant land. Going by the trend of malls mushrooming in every nook and corner of the suburbs, my sixth-sense tells me that another shopping mall will be constructed to compete with the mall on the opposite side of the road.
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to construct and run ‘Municipal Malls’ in various spots in the city. Cant wait to see it….gulp!
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5. Dream Homes, Dream On…
Does it really exist and if it did, its in a place called ‘Paradise’. Real estate prices in a prime location of Mumbai, is simply unbelievable. Even in a space as big as a classroom, a skyscraper of 25 to 35 floors stands tall.
2 comments:
All one can say is BMC & MMRDA are ruining Mumbai totally in the name of development.....
Fascinating view of metropolitan Mumbai as it struggles to cope with what has been left over from the past century (centuries) and give its citizens something to look forward to. I guess all countries have problems like this, but maybe India has more...
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