tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post1536608886272490748..comments2024-03-29T18:07:42.705+05:30Comments on Shoot First, Mumble Later: Bombay: urban planning basket caseGirish Shahanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-21593029918873600432009-04-08T20:32:00.000+05:302009-04-08T20:32:00.000+05:30I kid you not, SA. Ganapati idols over twelve feet...I kid you not, SA. Ganapati idols over twelve feet high placed on trucks can't go under the current flyover and have to take a diversion. The sole reason for demolishing the flyover is to allow these and bigger Ganapti idols a direct route to the sea.<BR/>It is bizarre, but no more bizarre than changing the route of the Sea Link to an impossible one in order not to obscure the view of a statue that is never going to be erected.Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-4421182907862979352009-04-08T19:58:00.000+05:302009-04-08T19:58:00.000+05:30Really ? bigger ganpatis ? surely you are kidding....Really ? bigger ganpatis ? surely you are kidding. but then i guess not.<BR/>i have always wondered why all the money they collect as daan isnt given to saifee hospital each year which can make a spl ward "lalbagcha raja-cha and treat for free the indigent who get admitted there. JJ might be closer but the message the grant to saifee would send would be priceless. <BR/>Sorry to have gone off on a tangent but i was all muddled up reading about exalted company bobilli will henceforth be in thanks to you !<BR/><BR/>SAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-43475814323976934352009-04-07T08:50:00.000+05:302009-04-07T08:50:00.000+05:30The Mohammad Ali road flyover may have faced a few...The Mohammad Ali road flyover may have faced a few delays (minor ones, it was built in very good time), but the Peddar Road flyover is not being built at all. Surely there's a difference.<BR/>As far as kowtowing to religious belief goes, I agree, we are experts at it. The Lalbaug flyover is being demolished so that bigger Ganapatis can make their way directly to the immersion point!Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-21458249700595916372009-04-06T19:40:00.000+05:302009-04-06T19:40:00.000+05:30This is a city where exams are delayed to allow na...This is a city where exams are delayed to allow namaaz to take place - i know. i sat for my ty finals at a centre in central bombay and the afternoon papers were pushed back 30 mins so that the prayers on the road Outside could be completed. Since students generally are the worst to suffer, making an exception for them the one time when its important shouldnt make a difference. And i hope you know exactly why the bmc chose this very period to start the work. once the contracts are doled out, they get their "fees" which will come in mighty handY since elections are round the corner. As for the MA road flyover, there were many delays to accomodate all the wishes of the residents.This is not to say they didnt face a tough time but lets not always equate "rich" with powerful. <BR/>Having said that, i really wish we would go the HKG way. They're heritage proud and manage to keep their it intact while making sure their very densely populated city works smoothly. SAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-24107958183260320402009-04-06T12:46:00.000+05:302009-04-06T12:46:00.000+05:30I have no doubts whatsoever about the incompetence...I have no doubts whatsoever about the incompetence of the BMC; that's what the post is mainly about. But it is a fact that the rich guys in and around Peddar Road can get civic works stopped quickfast, unlike residents in poorer localities. A great case in point is the J J Flyover, which was built despite protests of those living in and around Mohammad Ali Road. The Peddar Road flyover, proposed at the same time, was scrapped once Lata Mangeshkar and her neighbours objected to it. As a result, there is now no practical place for traffic to go once it reaches the end of the Worli - Haji Ali Sea Link. Planners have been forced to consider absurd routes like directing vehicles east over the Race Course rather than due south. It's another matter that the Sea Link itself has progressed at a snail's pace.<BR/>As far as school exams go, they start in February and go on till April, and there are schools everywhere, so maybe we should have no roadworks for all those months. After this, there's a one-month window before the monsoon arrives and shuts construction down. Once the monsoon is done, the festive season is upon us. We certainly can't have large scale construction interrupting Ganapati and Diwali celebrations. I suppose we could squeeze in another two months of work between December and February before the cycle of examinations starts again. And we should make sure that no project is going to take up more than two or three months in a row, because that would mean intruding into one or more of Bombay's sacrosanct time zones :)Girish Shahanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877402074547726173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-73656444636378699302009-04-06T12:15:00.000+05:302009-04-06T12:15:00.000+05:30Being a tad unfair to the Peddar Road People. Pres...Being a tad unfair to the Peddar Road People. Presumably you didnt read what the BMC said after the fiasco.<BR/><BR/>a. They need only 300 Metres for digging up but the traffic cops closed the whole road without reason !<BR/><BR/>b. IMO, with exams at Activity High School underway ( and that is the point where the repair work will happen), it is daft to start drilling work<BR/>at exam time. They could well have started the job last Dec or waited till April 3rd week when the schools close.<BR/><BR/>c. It is not the PRP but the politicians who asked that the work be stopped as it was hampering campaigining. The last thing they wanted was scores of annoyed residents just when they were on a vote asking spree. <BR/>It wouldnt be amiss to ask sources in the Deora-Ravle campaign offices on this !<BR/><BR/>SAnandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024210672199702325.post-13400607955558682152009-03-31T12:45:00.000+05:302009-03-31T12:45:00.000+05:30I feel that very soon, Religion/Culture hum sabko ...I feel that very soon, Religion/Culture <I>hum sabko le doobega...</I>!! Not because I am an atheist!! But for the fact that people only believe culture means going to a temple and folding hands.. And if that's Indian culture, I better wash my hands off it.. <B>Till, when we will stay a slave of religion??? Till when we will compromise development and modernism on the pretext of culture?? I guess until we are destroyed...!!</B><BR/>:(ruSh.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420972964787775346noreply@blogger.com