Coastal road on Arabian Sea: how Maha govt is pushing Mumbai towards disaster
1 min readOct 24, 2016
Mumbai has moved decisively closer to building a road on the Arabian Sea, along its western coast. Fifty or hundred years from now, how will the city remember this moment?
While the government is selling this project as a solution to the city’s traffic woes, what the project will most likely be is a disaster.
At Rs 11,300 crore, it is way more expensive than any public transport system, including upgrading the existing ones. Yet it will serve only 2% of Mumbai’s population.
Originally published on January 7, 2016. Read the full story: