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 ?

1. Change at our
Door Step

2. • 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

3. Government’s
Solution

4. • 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

5. • Hawker
nuisance on
Juhu Church
Road
• Dilapidated
Juhu market
• Reconstruction
of old Juhu
market
Market

6. • Increase in
population/demand
• Development of
infrastructure at
the existing schools
• Demand for English
medium rising
Municipal School

7. • Over 1/3rd of
the
population
lives in slums
• We need to
provide mass
housing
Slum
Redevelopment

8. • 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

9. Sports
Complex
• Few public
maidans in Juhu
• Kids forced to play
on the beach
• DP provides for a
sports complex

10. Nagar Raj Bill
• Amendments
required to
ensure PAT.
• Local
Governance to
be empowered
with funds,
functions and
functionaries

11. • 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

12. • 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

13. City Issues
• Decongest Mumbai
with efficient
connectivity with
hinterland
• Restrict further load
on existing
infrastructure
• Centralised Planning
Authority for MMR

14. • 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

15. • Beach Authority for
maintenance of
Mumbai’s 9 beaches
• Integrated Transport
Authority
• Dedicated bus lanes
• Cycling lanes
• Public Toilets
Simple Measures