Friday, August 01, 2008
In 5 yrs: Churchgate to Virar in 2 hrs.
Even as the first cable-stayed bridge connecting Worli and Bandra is nearing completion, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is planning two more such bridges to link Vasai with Bhayandar and Gorai with Borivli.
The bridges, alongwith a four-lane road, will give an uninterrupted ride to the satellite townships of Vasai and Virar from Mumbai.
IMO: After the time these projects have taken in the past, I can only say I'll believe a 2 hours Churchgate to Virar journey when I see it.
Harit Vasai Movement said "We are not against infrastructure development, but we feel that rich people from Mumbai will take over the belt and push the locals out of their plots overlooking the sea. The Panju island, a scenic spot along the railway track, will also be captured by them.''
IMO: And we have so often seen it before elsewhere. Panju Island is locally a pleasant Island and reduction in such amenities is unlikely to favor long term development prospects. Again and again, we have all seen clean new pleasant buildings in Mumbai get grimy and old looking so quickly - an "old" and a "new" picture of say the entrance to Evershine City coming from Vasai (which used to look immaculate and now looks IMO very used), would illustrate how bad this problem is everywhere. Surely this does not even help local developers. To ruin an entire island doesn't look good at all.
Even as the first cable-stayed bridge connecting Worli and Bandra is nearing completion, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is planning two more such bridges to link Vasai with Bhayandar and Gorai with Borivli.
The bridges, alongwith a four-lane road, will give an uninterrupted ride to the satellite townships of Vasai and Virar from Mumbai.
IMO: After the time these projects have taken in the past, I can only say I'll believe a 2 hours Churchgate to Virar journey when I see it.
Harit Vasai Movement said "We are not against infrastructure development, but we feel that rich people from Mumbai will take over the belt and push the locals out of their plots overlooking the sea. The Panju island, a scenic spot along the railway track, will also be captured by them.''
IMO: And we have so often seen it before elsewhere. Panju Island is locally a pleasant Island and reduction in such amenities is unlikely to favor long term development prospects. Again and again, we have all seen clean new pleasant buildings in Mumbai get grimy and old looking so quickly - an "old" and a "new" picture of say the entrance to Evershine City coming from Vasai (which used to look immaculate and now looks IMO very used), would illustrate how bad this problem is everywhere. Surely this does not even help local developers. To ruin an entire island doesn't look good at all.
# posted by uv : 9:38 PM
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