Scarcity of space has been a top issue in
Mumbai, wherein the city intends to grow and expand vertically to compete with
other leading cities in the world. Considering that there is no space for
expansion horizontally, Mumbai fails to acknowledge that it already has a task
at hand already of dealing with implementation of much awaited town planning
scheme: the road widening scheme.
Mumbai, wherein the city intends to grow and expand vertically to compete with
other leading cities in the world. Considering that there is no space for
expansion horizontally, Mumbai fails to acknowledge that it already has a task
at hand already of dealing with implementation of much awaited town planning
scheme: the road widening scheme.
In
the heart of Colaba market, many illegal shops continue to exist, narrowing the
road space without paying any taxes to the government. Not only does this
create many inconveniences for the locals living in the area, but these shop
owners are illegally occupying the public road, free of any tax payment. These
shop keepers engage in many different works varying from tailoring, to barber
shops, to old paper marts. Each one of these shopkeepers charges approximately thirty
rupees per work. Roughly in a day if one
hundred people come to the shop, a total of thirty thousand rupees is earned
each day. Now, this is money earned of illegal origin on legal land.
the heart of Colaba market, many illegal shops continue to exist, narrowing the
road space without paying any taxes to the government. Not only does this
create many inconveniences for the locals living in the area, but these shop
owners are illegally occupying the public road, free of any tax payment. These
shop keepers engage in many different works varying from tailoring, to barber
shops, to old paper marts. Each one of these shopkeepers charges approximately thirty
rupees per work. Roughly in a day if one
hundred people come to the shop, a total of thirty thousand rupees is earned
each day. Now, this is money earned of illegal origin on legal land.
These shops have been created sharing the
same wall of building compounds and have invaded public road space, creating
narrow roads which make it very difficult for vehicles to traverse across. Not
only this, but there is no parking space on the roads, and then to top it off
there are vegetable vendors lined up on the very same street. This makes the roads even narrower than before
and extremely cramped up. “Living in
this area has become a complete headache. At the end of a tired day of work
returning home is a nightmare to experience through this crowd”, as said by a
local resident, Ketan Gupta living in the area. “I have become accustomed to
it, as now I get everything right in my vicinity and it is highly convenient,”
another local resident- Kainaz Tabeshi points out.
same wall of building compounds and have invaded public road space, creating
narrow roads which make it very difficult for vehicles to traverse across. Not
only this, but there is no parking space on the roads, and then to top it off
there are vegetable vendors lined up on the very same street. This makes the roads even narrower than before
and extremely cramped up. “Living in
this area has become a complete headache. At the end of a tired day of work
returning home is a nightmare to experience through this crowd”, as said by a
local resident, Ketan Gupta living in the area. “I have become accustomed to
it, as now I get everything right in my vicinity and it is highly convenient,”
another local resident- Kainaz Tabeshi points out.
In fact, The Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation
has demarcated the boundaries where the roads need to be widened, and have in
fact brought to notice that these shops need to be demolished as it is invasive
of public property. Yet, this fact has been ignored by the media and this plan
of widening the roads has failed to take effect till date.
has demarcated the boundaries where the roads need to be widened, and have in
fact brought to notice that these shops need to be demolished as it is invasive
of public property. Yet, this fact has been ignored by the media and this plan
of widening the roads has failed to take effect till date.
Vegetable lenders continue to run their
stalls on the narrow roads, already encroached upon by these illegal shops
giving cars very little driving space.
stalls on the narrow roads, already encroached upon by these illegal shops
giving cars very little driving space.
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The fact that these shops run illegally
even up till date has often been overlooked by people, as in fact in many ways
it has provided a source of convenience for them; having a tailor, vegetable
lender, newspaper mart close by to attend to the various chores in their
life. In fact, life in this area of
Colaba has become dependent on the works done by these various illegal shops,
and many people fail to acknowledge or rather tend to ignore the fact that they
are illegal simply because of the fast pace of the society one lives in.
even up till date has often been overlooked by people, as in fact in many ways
it has provided a source of convenience for them; having a tailor, vegetable
lender, newspaper mart close by to attend to the various chores in their
life. In fact, life in this area of
Colaba has become dependent on the works done by these various illegal shops,
and many people fail to acknowledge or rather tend to ignore the fact that they
are illegal simply because of the fast pace of the society one lives in.
