Mumbai Monorail The Mumbai Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction for the city of Mumbai‚ India. The project is being implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA‚ with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and a consortium of Malaysian infrastructure Scomi Engineering. It will be the first monorail in India.[4][5] Construction began in January 2009.[6] The first line is scheduled to be commissioned in April 2013.[7] History Vilasrao Deshmukh‚ the then Chief Minister
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Why Monorail? Monorails are the cheapest way of adding grade-separated‚ high-capacity public transport over the gridlock on the ground. They are also totally independent of existing tram‚ train and bus systems. 1.1.1 Monorails are proven. Many monorail systems are in use as high-capacity public transport systems carrying thousands of passengers a day – especially in Japan 1.1.2 Monorails are safe. Being totally grade-separated monorails are one of the safest
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Also‚ noting that all major companies have their headquarters in Mumbai like the Aditya Birla Group‚ Tata Group‚ Reliance Industries Limited and so on. Also‚ the Reserve Bank of India and all major nationalized and private banks have their headquarters situated in Mumbai. This gives high impetus to investors who come and invest heavily in the stock markets. And Mumbai has two of India’s oldest stock markets in the country. These investors find it convenient to come and find everything at one place
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Essay on Mumbai Aamchi mumbai is the popular lingo in the local language which is used by the mumbaikars while reffering to their hometown‚ Mumbai. I too am filled with pride to refer to this sumptous city as my birthplace. Ancient yet modern‚ fabulously rich yetachingly poor‚ Mumbai is India in microcosm. everyday nearly half of the city’s population commutes from far flung suburbs to downtown offices‚ banks‚ factories‚ mills etc for a living. Nearly 13 million people including weathy industrialists
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Bollywood‚ beaches‚ bazaars‚ bargains‚ the Brits and Bombay (now back to Mumbai‚ the city’s original name) are all part of the many stories of the city’s past and present. Mumbai‚ located in the state of Maharashtra is known as the “New York of India‚” and not just because the exploding population is forecast to be 28 million in another decade. The city is so cosmopolitan that world travelers can instantly feel at ease‚ while still experiencing authentic Indian culture. It is an eclectic mix of
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Mumbai is the Financial Capital of India Mumbai is the Bollywood city of India Mumbai is the city of local trains Mumbai is the city of dabbawallas Mumbai is the City of Ambanis Mumbai is what the Indians affectionately call – the “City of Dreams”. This fabulous city is not only the financial capital of India that serves as the center of all trade and investments‚ but also a cultural center. Mumbai is where you can possess the most distinguished designer labels and products from various fashion
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Mumbai needs infrastructure Times of India By Ajit Krishnan Partner and Sector Leader‚ Real Estate and Infrastructure‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. and Tarika Kumar Senior Associate‚ Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. What you see is what you believe and we believe that Mumbai needs urban infrastructure. It needs an upgraded urban infrastructure which can cater to demands of unimaginable proportions which no other city in the world has seen‚ because its challenges are unique and have not been witnessed
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------------------------------------------------- Dabbawala From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Mumbai Dabbahwalas A dabbawala (Marathi: डबेवाला); also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; literally meaning ("box person")‚ is a person in India‚ most commonly found in the city of Mumbai‚ who is employed in a unique service industry whose primary business is collecting freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of the office workers (mostly in the suburbs)‚ delivering it to their
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Bombay – now known as Mumbai – is the home of Bollywood movies and India’s city of gold‚ its financial capital. Like a magnet‚ it draws in people from all over the country. But behind the glitz‚ glamour and the hype lurks a different reality – a city landscape dominated by massive‚ sprawling slums – some of the biggest in the world. According to the city housing authority‚ eight million out of the twelve million people in Mumbai live in the slums. And Mumbai is not alone. Slums are a global problem
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Life in Mumbai may just be like the life in some other city‚ or your city from outside. It’s just the same different people living well almost together‚ struggling to find their way‚ striving to make life better. They do have the differences‚ negatives and ways. But living in this city makes you realise how not so similar it is to every place in this world. How so many people from different cultures‚ states and countries can call this one city their home? On the world map Mumbai is nothing more
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