burning civic issues
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Mumbai is bursting at its seams. Living in this Maximum City is taking its toll. What are the burning issues before the city and what are the possible solutions ?TRANSCRIPT
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Change at our Door Step
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• It takes 7 minutes to cross the sea-link from Worli to Bandra
• It takes 45 minutes to travel from Bandra to Andheri
• Air and noise pollution
• Stress for commuters
Traffic Snarls
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Government’s Solution
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• DP - 1981 envisages connecting Linking Road from Santacruz to 10th Road and Gulmohar Road
• The cost of construction of this 1.5 km road would be less than Rs. 10 cr
• It would relieve traffic congestion and save the beach from extinction
Our Solution
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• Hawker nuisance on Juhu Church Road
• Dilapidated Juhu market
• Reconstruction of old Juhu market
Market
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• Increase in population/demand
• Development of infrastructure at the existing schools
• Demand for English medium rising
Municipal School
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• Over 1/3rd of the population lives in slums
• We need to provide mass housing
Slum Redevelopment
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• Irla Nala plan as explained in the Vision Andheri Scheme
• Preservation of Juhu Beach as an open space
• Preservation of the mangroves at Juhu Koliwada
Open Spaces
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Sports Complex
• Few public maidans in Juhu
• Kids forced to play on the beach
• DP provides for a sports complex
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Nagar Raj Bill• Amendments
required to ensure PAT.
• Local Governance to be empowered with funds, functions and functionaries
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• 1020 Truckloads of plastic bags were lifted off the beach In 2007
• Bags find their way into the sea via drain and sewage pipes
• Nearly 200 different species of sea life die due to plastic bags
Ban Plastic Bags
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• Despite fines and ban on spitting Mumbai is paan ridden.
• It’s time to ban the sale and consumption of Paan in Mumbai
Ban Paan
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City Issues
• Decongest Mumbai with efficient connectivity with hinterland
• Restrict further load on existing infrastructure
• Centralised Planning Authority for MMR
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• Mahim Beach has disappeared within 20 years from reclamation
• Reclamation in South Mumbai erodes beaches in the North Juhu Beach has shrunk in width.
• Last year Monsoon tides have wrought destruction
Ban Further Reclamation
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• Beach Authority for maintenance of Mumbai’s 9 beaches
• Integrated Transport Authority
• Dedicated bus lanes• Cycling lanes• Public Toilets
Simple Measures