Mumbai Coastal Road may not achieve its intended aim

Q: Hi, What are the problems with Mumbai's coastal road plan?

Sankalp, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

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Well Shrikant,
Why will coastal road not help in traffic decongestion?

Vinay Dixit, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

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@Vinay,
The genuine issue of traffic is not how to build more infrastructure that energizes vehicle travel. This is the way to cut down private vehicles by discouraging their utilization. Apart from eating up area, autos guzzle oil and warm the planet. In spite of this, the govt. in its enthusiasm to replicate cities around the globe, needs to change the dense city of Mumbai, where 78% of non-walking trips are on public transport system, one of the most highest in the world.

Shrikant Kejriwal, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

well Vinay,
These steps will only prevent car users and encourage a switch to public modes of transport. People do not choose private transport simply because they can afford cars, but because they seem more convenient, especially since there are few disincentives to use them.

Chandan Thanki, Ahmedabad

4th April 2015

Hi Shrikant,
How will the coastal road affect the coastal communities and ecology?

Vinay Dixit, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

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Hi Vinay,
There are at least 12 fishing villages on this coast that depend on the coastal ecosystem for their livelihood. They use the beaches to park their boats, dry fish, and repair their nets and vessels.
The coastal areas constitute their "commons" for these communities, since they collectively manage, use and protect these shared resources.

The attemts to "beautify" and "scene" the coast are efforts to change its productive capacities into recreation and leisure capacities to suit the way of life needs of middle and upper income group.

Shrikant Kejriwal, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

Hi Sankalp,
Coastal communities and ecology and the problem of traffic are the two major issues with Mumbai's Coastal Road Plan.
The western coast of Mumbai is rich in its productive uses as well as ecological diversity. There are at least 12 fishing villages on this coast that depend on the coastal ecosystem for their livelihood.

Whereas the real problem of traffic is not how to build more infrastructure that encourages vehicle travel. It is how to cut down private automobiles by discouraging their use. Apart from devouring land, cars notoriously guzzle oil and warm the planet.

Shrikant Kejriwal, Mumbai

2nd April 2015

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