Bandra-Worli Sea Link Project

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The Rajiv Gandhi(Bandra-Worli) Sea link


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The Bandra- Worli Sea Link

INAUGURATION June 30, 2009

Landmark for Mumbai city

Among the most complex & advanced

construction projects ever in India

Major project in Mumbai metropolitan region afterMumbai-Pune expressway


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Sea link project conceived in the 1990sPlagued by PILs- fishermen & environmentalists2004- Work startedBut drastic changes to 80% of the bridge designCost escalation from Rs 350 crore to Rs 1,306

crore to Rs 1,634 crore

MSRDC projectExecuted by Hindustan Construction CompanyIllumination by Bajaj Electricals, Rs 9 crore

Project


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Built over the Mahim Bay

Connects Bandra(suburb) to Worli(central Mumbai)

8-lane-wide

Sea link length- 5.6-km, 3.8 km over the sea

Location


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Facts

Height of the cable-stayed tower = 43-storey buildingWeight= 50,000 African elephantsSteel wire used= circumference of the earth

Cement used- 90,000 tons16 lanes toll plaza, at the Bandra end


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How the Sea-Link Helps

Additional connectivity from city to suburbsReduces travel time from 1 hour+ to only 7 minutesDecongests Mahim Causeway- 125,000 vehicles a

dayAvoids 29 traffic lightsSave Rs 100 crore a year in vehicle operating costs


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Landmark

Hot tourist spot

Key destination in 'Mumbai Darshan' package

Special open BEST buses between BKC & Worli seaface

8-lane bridge, with 2 dedicated bus lanes


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Environmental Issues

qPROTECTED SPECIES ENDANGERED BY ILLEGAL TREE FELLING

Depletion of mangrovesFlora and fauna sufferedReduction in oxygen

Depletion of marine life as they are breeding ground for themFlooding and choking of the drains have increased.Moreover shellfish and freshwater fish have all stopped breeding.


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qIMPACT ON LIVELIHOOD OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Affects the livelihood of several fishermen familiesApproximately 20,000 people are dependent on fishing as an occupation.In mahim 500 are dependent and in bandra another 2,000 are affected.

Their pleas were ignoredWe have to walk 500 square yards to reach the sea. We have no place topark our boats.We have no source of income now and reclamation is still continuing.Earlier our family used to earn around Rs. 1,500 a day but now we getonly Rs. 100 a day, sometimes less.

There used to be lobsters, crabs, prawns, etc. But now because ofthe pollution we do not get these.


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qTHE IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION INSOUTH MUMBAI

The road network is based on three north-south corridorMumbai road traffic has worsened by around 400% in the last

twenty years. It poses considerable health problems.The effect of major new roads attract additional trafficThe persistent congestion can only be alleviated by managingdemand within available capacity

The most popular and environmentally clean mode oftransport is electrically operated local railway network


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qINCREASE IN ROAD TRAFFIC A SOURCE OF POLLUTION

In Mumbai, noise pollution will increase with traffic volumeThe concept of encouraging unsustainable and unhealthy mode of

public transport is retrogressiveIn Mumbai, road transport is a major source of air pollution andposes a considerable health problemAnother effect of the increase in private vehicle growth is rise innoise pollution, which leads to stress related health problems and

lowering of efficiency of work


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CONCLUSION

It is clear that the not one but several aspects of theEnvironmental Regulations of the country have beenviolated.Secondly the project as is planned will only seek to

exacerbate the problem is already severely congested.The most worrying part of the project is thatstudies using current data have not been used.Lastly as there has been no survey undertaken how

much the citizens are willing to pay for the use of thebridge.


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