Nat Geo ran this program on Mumbai and Navi Mumbai the other day, in Megastructures. Pretty exciting stuff - on how the two twin cities are coping with the problems of their burgeoning growth.
While Mumbai is looking at skybuses and mega multi-storey flyovers, Navi Mumbai is set to become the biggest planned city in the world, with an estimated population of over 4.5 million residents. From railway stations designed to disperse the large crowds quickly, to catchment ponds with tidal control gates aimed at preventing flooding even in heavy rains and high tides, Navi Mumbai is learning it's lessons from the problems of Mumbai.
As one of the engineers on the program aptly said, we now have the money, the people, the talent, the future!
No comments:
Post a Comment