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| A Makeover For Mumbai |
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The city of 16 million people, ravaged by floods and blasts,
needs an overhaul if it is to become a global metropolis. Here's
how to do it.
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| By Shivani Lath & Krishna Gopalan |
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MUMBAI 1
If
you were one of Mumbai's 16 million (including the suburbs and
extended surburbs) residents who faced nature's wrath on July
26, 2005, when virtually the entire city was submerged under nearly
a metre of rainwater, you might have purchased this issue of Business
Today, which votes Mumbai as the Best City for Business, to make
paper boats of it. If you are one of Mumbai's 6.4 million who
use the local train every day, and survived last fortnight's serial
bomb blasts on the western rail route, you must be wondering how
can a city be good for business when its dwellers flirt daily
with death.
| MUMBAI FACT FILE |
FOUNDED: 1661 A.D.
AREA: 431.71 sq. km
POPULATION: 16 million#
ROAD LENGTH: 1,941.17 km
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: 3,400 buses, 2,500 train services,
55,000 taxis
PEAK POLLUTION LEVELS: SO2: 7 microgram/metre cube;
SPM (suspended particulate matter): 122microgram/metre cube
INDUSTRIAL LOAD SHEDDING: Nil*
RESIDENTIAL LOAD SHEDDING: Nil*
POWER TARIFF: Rs 3.25-5.25 per unit (industrial); Rs
0.75-3.25 per unit (residential)
PIPED WATER SUPPLY: Four hours per day
COMMUTING TIME: 1.5 hours by road from Nariman Point
to Andheri (30 km)
COST OF DOMESTIC HELP: Rs 500 a month
COST OF PETROL: Rs 52.71/litre
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RATES:
Rs 5,000-21,000/sq. ft
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE RATES:
Rs 4,000-35,000/sq. ft
TELEDENSITY: 600 per 1,000 people^
AVERAGE PER CAPITA WHITE COLLAR WAGES:
JUNIOR MANAGER: Rs 3 lakh per annum
MIDDLE MANAGER: Rs 13-15 lakh p.a.
SENIOR MANAGER: Rs 40-45 lakh p.a.
NUMBER OF MURDERS: 212 in 2005
NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: 4,256 in 2005; No. of
fatalities not available
HEALTHCARE: 3.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: 462** |
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