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| In Space-Starved Mumbai, Big Plans |
| In Space-Starved Mumbai, Big Plans for a Facelift
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| INDIA
, 19-November-2014
4:59:50 AM |
| The redevelopment of Mumbai's mostly derelict docklands will, if a government-appointed panel has its way, create a waterfront where people living in the world's second-most densely populated city can go to lift their spirits, and the rich can go to play.
"This is a real opportunity to give Mumbai what it doesn't have, to give it open space," said Narinder Nayar, a businessman who sits on the panel, whose recommendations will be unveiled this week.
Owned by Mumbai Port Trust, the largest landowner in India's financial hub, much of the seven square kilometres up for redevelopment is occupied today by crumbling warehouses, informal housing and workers who eke out a living breaking down disused ships or sorting through scrap metal.
The government, which has valued the land at $12 billion or around Rs. 742 crore, is pitching the project as a shining example of what urban regeneration in India should look like: transport minister Nitin Gadkari wants a giant ferris wheel similar to the London Eye.
"We should be looking towards the examples of New York, London, Sydney... Barcelona as well, to see what can be done with our former industrial areas on the waterfront," Mr Nayar said.
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Whereas Mumbai's western shoreline looks out to the Arabian Sea, this land is located on the protected eastern side of the city's southern tip, affording a view across the harbour to the mainland, where a new deep-sea container port is based.
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