Know what it needs to transform AAMCHI MUMBAI. About the problems that every Mumbaikar faces on a daily basis like – TRAFFIC, POLLUTION, SLUMS, HYGIENE, SANITATION. Do you know what will happen to Mumbai if the people living in slums d not show up – right from your auto, taxi, school bus, BEST buses drivers and conductors, dabbawalas, street food hawkers, cleaners and sweepers, your building garbage collectors, school, college and office peons and aayas, the wardboys, the nurses, your househelpers, your plumber, electrician, your vehicle mechanics, etc all live in unhygienic place called slums. And these are encroached lands. If we had more land we could have more park houses as almost 40% of the city roads are blocked in parking, resulting in traffic. AND SO ON…. Problems of Mumbai are interconnected and are a vicious circle. No matter how big the problem may be there is always a solution. But to know the solution, you need to know many things. Let me share some lights on Mumbai thru the articles here. Keep reading the space and be a part MUMBAI’S TRANSFORMATION, MUMBAI’S DEVELOPMENT.
About 125 years ago, a Parsi banker wanted to have home-cooked food in his office and hired someone to collect it from his home and bring it to him at work. He was the first ever Dabbawala or tiffin carrier. Many people liked the idea and the demand for Dabba delivery soared. In the beginning the deliveries were informal, with…
From an economically and socially under-developed country to one of the world’s best nations, Singapore has come a long way. Lacking in natural minerals and resources, it drew its strength from being a “stable and progressive economy” to drive more foreign direct investments and private investments. The country and everything that it is today reflects public-private sector partnerships and investment…
The terms “affordable housing” and “public housing” are frequently used interchangeably, causing a lot of confusion in the process. They are actually two very different. Affordable housing refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is below the median household income. Houses are owned by the households. Families buy the homes at affordable prices.…
Everywhere on the ground lay sleeping natives– hundreds and hundreds. They lay stretched at full length and tightly wrapped in blankets, heads and all. Their attitude and rigidity counterfeited death. – Mark Twain, on a nocturnal drive through Bombay in 1896. The Early History of Slums Late in the 17th century, Gerald Aungier tried to attract traders and artisans to…
Old Mumbai (Formerly ‘Bombay’) – 1920s Churchgate,CST,Dadar,apolo bundar,Retro Mumbai,The city of Bombay originally consisted of seven islands, namely Colaba, Mazagaon, Old Woman’s Island, Wadala, Mahim, Parel, and Matunga-Sion. This group of islands, which have since been joined together by a series of reclamations, formed part of the kingdom of Ashoka, the famous Emperor of India.
See how mumbai , then Bombay city was , as described by the Britishers… Long liv Mumbai , eventually the charm has been lost , just have a look at the mumbai / bombay it was in 1920s
Bombay has no bombs and is a harbor not bay. Today(1st May), in the year 1960, Bombay (now Mumbai) was transformed from a Bombay State to Bombay City and a capital of a newly created state Maharashtra. Life of the present Mumbaikar’s is quite different from the early one’s. From Stone Age to Sultan of Gujarat: Anyone…
