MITHI REJUVENATION WORK MITHI WIDENING POLITICAL ROAD BLOCK

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MITHI REJUVENATION WORK MITHI WIDENING -
POLITICAL ROAD BLOCK

• Dr. Kirit Somaiya, BJP Leader
• Gopal Shetty, President BJP Mumbai

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APPEAL

• MITHI WIDENING
• LET POLITICIANS BECOME STATESMEN
• -- DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA

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MITHI WIDENING An Appeal

• Political Leaders Think and Act for Mumbai First.
  
• Narrowness of vote bank keeping Mithi narrow.
• No progress - Mithi widening since July 2006
• Airport South (Kalpana Talkies / Kurla Kalina
  Road)
• CST/BKC Zone
• Kapadia Nagar area
• Parigh Khadi area.

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MITHI WIDENED

• Sanjay Gandhi Rashtriya Udyan till Airport
• BKC to Mahim Creek Bridge.
• Water bottleneck feared between
• Airport
• Kalpana Talkies Junction to BKC.

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MITHI WIDENED

• The man-made water bottleneck to affect 7 sq. km
  area.
• Shall affect
• Airlines Colonies,
• Kalpana Talkies Junction,
• LBS Marg
• Central Railway tracks near Kurla.

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MITHI WIDENING

• 3 years are over to 26th July 2005.
• Widening work held up at Airport-Kalpana Talkies,
  Kurla.
• Widening done from 60 to 300 feet..
• Suggestions of Experts Committees implimented at
  various places.

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MITHI WIDENING

• Good progress has been done
• Mithi Janmasthan,
• Vihar Lake
• Sanjay Gandhi Rashtriya Udyan
• Kranti Nagar side of Airport.

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MITHI FINANCING

• No contribution from Central Govt.
• No contribution from State Govt.
• The project Implemented by BMC and MMRDA from
  their own funds.

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Width Statement (MCGM)
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Part of the river developed by BMC
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Part of the river developed by BMC
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Part of the river developed by BMC
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Part of the river developed by BMC
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Width Statement (MMRDA)
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Part of the river developed by MMRDA
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Width Statement (MMRDA)
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Part of the river developed by MMRDA
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Part of the river developed by MMRDA
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Political Compromise

• Congress-NCP Understanding
• Mithi be 150 to 180 feet
• Airport (south) to CST BKC
• Political Pressures
• Chief Secretary, MMRDA BMC Commissioner coming
  under pressure

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Effects of the Compromise

• River will overflow at above places
• Water logging River Blockade
• The area near Kalpana Talkies will be flooded
  again
• Decision to save the local existing structures
• To protect Bhangarwalas
• Disastrous for Mumbaikars

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Effects of the decision

• Chitale Experts Committees Report Thrown out
• Rejuvenation work to be a waste.
• Invitation to another 26 July

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Suggestions

• Width of river at the spot should be kept at 100
  mtrs or so as recommended by Experts.
• Transparent decision to save this area from
  disaster
• Bureaucrats Executives to perform their duty to
  protect Mumbai
• We appeal to the politicians to have Healthy
  approach

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• Let us make the dream of MITHI
• VASTAVIKTA
• DHANYAWAD
• Kirit Somaiya Gopal Shetty