Mumbai’s Redevelopment Boom: Transforming Skyline, Straining Infrastructure
Mumbai’s skyline and real estate market are changing due to a major wave of renovation. In order to address space constraints, aged structures, and rising housing demand, thousands of projects are now underway. Modern housing is brought about by redevelopment, which also stimulates economic growth, but worries about the impact on the infrastructure, architectural homogeneity, […]
Mumbai Coastal Road To Extend To Dahisar, BMC Seeks Public Feedback
A major extension from the previous design, which only went as far as Bangur Nagar in Goregaon, the Mumbai Coastal Road project is now scheduled to reach Dahisar in its northern extension. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has published a notice to the public, asking for comments and objections within 30 days in order to […]
BMC Initiates Land Acquisition For Northern Extension Of Coastal Road
The Mumbai Coastal Road’s northern expansion, which will connect Bandra and Dahisar, is being built on land that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started to acquire. To facilitate the project, the local body has issued a notice to change the reservation status of 60 land parcels along the coastline that are located inside the […]
Dharavi Redevelopment To See Rs 3 Lakh Crore Investment, Says SVR Srinivas
The CEO of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) under the Maharashtra Slum Rehabilitation Authority, SVR Srinivas, estimates that the ambitious redevelopment of Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, which spans 600 acres in Mumbai, will require an investment of almost Rs 3 lakh crore, including rehabilitation and infrastructure development. An Adani Group-led entity, Navbharat Mega […]
Mumbaikars Walk Together On SV Road To Demand Pedestrian-Centric Development
On the occasion of the 162nd anniversary of the birth of the famous monk, philosopher, and novelist Swami Vivekanand, who the road is named for, Mumbaikars took part in a walk on the 23.6-kilometer Swami Vivekanand Road (S V Road) on Sunday. The Walking Project, an organisation that works to make Mumbai a safe and […]
Malad’s Traffic Set For A Breather With BMC’s New Road Plan
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed plans to build two new arterial roads in a major effort to ease traffic congestion close to Malad station. Connecting SV Road and Anand Road, these roads, each measuring 9.15 meters in width, would improve access to one of Mumbai’s busiest suburban train stations. According to a recent […]
BMC to Upgrade 15-Year-Old Stormwater Pumping Stations
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposes to upgrade and maintain two stormwater pumping stations at Irla and Haji Ali for 15 years, costing Rs 640 crore. With the installation of both pumping stations beginning in 2007, much of the pumping station’s machinery, which discharges collected runoff rainwater, requires upgrades. In addition, the BMC has invited […]
Maharashtra Cabinet Clears Land Allocation in Malad for Dharavi Redevelopment
The state cabinet has accepted a proposal to allot land owned by the state government to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) to construct dwellings for project beneficiaries. The land is in Malad’s ‘Aksa’ and ‘Malvani’ village sections, part of Mumbai’s Borivali district. According to the government, 140 acres of land in ‘Aksa’ and ‘Malvani’ villages […]
Prime Real Estate Locations In Mumbai Are Emerging As Goregaon And Malad
Two charming western Mumbai neighborhoods, Goregaon and Malad, have seen a tremendous metamorphosis in recent years, emerging as thriving communities full of new projects and activities. For their commercial and residential needs, including mall shopping, the residents of these suburbs had to travel more than twenty years ago to the closest suburb, Andheri. Still, a […]
Residential rentals in western suburbs has driven redevelopment in Mumbai
With barely any land properties left in the western suburbs of Mumbai, residential apartments are being built through redevelopment of older properties. This is being observed in areas like Borivali, Kandivali, Malad, Khar, Bandra and Santacruz. The developer has to issue the property owners under redevelopment, housing another residence, resulting in increased demand for rental […]