APLI Mumbai

APLI Mumbai - A Port Lands Initiative By Citizens To Re-Imagine Mumbai

A Citizens Vision PlanOpportunity Mumbai:

Redeveloping the PortLands for a liveable Mumbai






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Background & Context

“Mumbai is a great city but a terrible place” - Charles Correa

Experts project that by 2030 Mumbai will be a megalopolis with a population in excess of 30 million people and with a potential economic GDP in excess of $ 250 billion. However this will only be possible if our city is an attractive place for entrepreneurs, investors and young people to invest their energy, talent and enterprise.

We believe that the redevelopment of Mumbai’s Port Lands offers a great opportunity to ensure that Mumbai regains its place as the most entrepreneurial and innovative in India.

Cities that offer affordable and good quality public infrastructure & utilities (such as schools; colleges and health facilities), spaces for recreation, sports and arts & culture and which are integrated sustainably with the surrounding ecology are proven to create a virtuous cycle. They attract energy and talent because people want to live in such cities. This in turn attracts capital and investment, which creates jobs, boosts productivity and improves the quality of life for all residents.

Regrettably Mumbai today is unable to offer such utilities or spaces to Mumbaikars. Mumbai has become a very difficult place to live in, work in and invest in. While leadership, governance, laws, regulatory frameworks and institutions will all need to be strengthened for this to change, it is also clear that our Island city suffers a critical shortage of space for the essential public utilities and public spaces that make any city liveable.

The re-development of the Port Lands offers a unique opportunity to re-invent our city by creating the much needed public infrastructure, utilities and public spaces that we are so short of.

Of the total holding by Mumbai Port Trust of 734 ha, the land available for development is approx 400 ha (1000 acres) excluding the Docks and operational areas (196 ha) and residential areas ( approx 100 ha). A legislative framework to enable these lands to be re-possessed and a financial model to re-develop these lands as a public Private partnership with Mumbai’s Industrial &Corporate Houses using CSR funds has been proposed in the earlier paper dt 4 Aug and placed at Annexure 4.

Our plans integrate the Port lands, with adjacent city areas such as Sewri, Lalbaug, Byculla, Mazagon, Dongri and Bhendi Bazaar, and provide Mumbaikars much needed public amenities and public open spaces which are critical for our city’s sustainable growth, as the commercial and entrepreneurial heart of India.

We see this as a living document and will share this widely in the public domain. Feedback from citizens and citizens groups will be collated and shared with you from time to time.

APLI Mumbai : A Port Lands Initiative by citizens to reimagine Mumbai8th August 2014

Executive Summary




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Process of Civic Engagement

“it’s time to give to the Mumbaikars what they have given to

Mumbai”: Bartle Frere’s

The process followed to arrive at this concept vision plan included multiple brainstorming and visioning session and online collaboration with citizens in Mumbai. A diverse set of individuals in terms of geography & disciplines came together to brainstorm on the APLI Initiative. We believe diverse perspectives are much needed to think through innovative solutions to address this big transformation we are going to plan in the city.

APLI Mumbai welcomes the initiative taken by the Mumbai Port Trust Land Development Committee to invite Citizen’s suggestions for the re-development of the Port Lands.

We strongly urge that the following process of Civic engagement continues to be followed by the Mumbai Port Trust, so that the Port Lands re-development truly becomes a project of Mumbai, by Mumbaikars, for all Mumbaikars.

1. Stakeholder’s WorkshopsSmall focus groups should be convened through a series of stakeholders’ workshops to highlight the challenges and opportunities of the city. These workshops should aim to bring together a large number of the Mumbai’s stakeholders including but not limited to environmental groups, heritage experts, resident associations , business chambers, environmentalists and other civic action groups.

2. Leader & Expert PanelsExpert panels must be put together that bring together local and internationally renowned experts and thought leaders who can provide ideas on how to make Mumbai a more liveable & socially inclusive city.

3. PartnershipsThe partnership effort should especially focus on community and non governmental organisations who work directly with members of society who are often excluded or are considered as weaker groups (Economically weaker section / disabled) ; thereby ensuring that voices from all sections of the Mumbai are heard.

4. TechnologyTechnology that is web based should be at the heart of the civic engagement strategy. A continuous update of the master planning process as well as live coverage of key meetings must be available on the web.

5. Measuring Public PerceptionIt is important to quantify and measure public inputs on the plans for the Port Lands Re-development through the following:

• Opinions in Blogs and Forum Discussions should be tracked to make a summary of the larger perception of the citizens

• Targeted Polls/ Surveys should be conducted at periodic intervals

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Principles for Humane Design

“First Life, then spaces, then buildings - The other way round

never works” - Jahn Gehl

1. Integrated Mobility: Mumbai’s Port Lands are located near major public transport links including the Suburban Harbour Line, the Wadala – Chembur Monorail, and the proposed Metro corridors from Wadala to Thane and Colaba to SEEPZ. The Port Lands also lend themselves seamlessly to Passenger Water Transport. All Port Lands neighbourhoods are within a 10 min walking distance from a major public transport hub and are designed for Integrated mobility.

2. Human Scale Development Our proposal for the Port Lands ensures a human friendly environment for residents and visitors. The Vision Plan is humane in scale and allows equitable space for pedestrians, bicycles, public transit and private vehicles.

3. Employability & Entrepreneurship : Opening up Mumbai’s Port Lands provides a vast opportunity to boost the local economy. We need to replace the factories and warehouses of yester years with Innovation clusters and Incubation spaces. This vision plan lays out a road map to do so.

4. Social Infrastructure:Mumbai’s Port Lands will be proposed as a socially vibrant space not only for the residents but also for the visitors. An emphasis has been placed on providing Public amenities and open areas for recreation and relaxation for all ages.

5. Smart Infrastructure : Smart infrastructure needs to be made available for Wireless and Broadband telecom connectivity, Internet and Entertainment, Integrated transit modes, Clean energy, Water Supply, Sewage & Waste management, and Recycling.

6. Sustainable Living: The proposed re-development of Mumbai’s Port Lands encourages the users to make the right choices in terms of commuting, food choices, waste management and water and electricity usage.

7. Healthy City: The proposed redevelopment of Port Lands should aim to provide the city with much needed open spaces for a healthy and fit living environment. Access to the waterfront for relaxation and stress free lifestyle is also at the core of the proposed development.

8. Nature and Natural Resources : The proposed Port Lands re-development offers a unique opportunity to work with nature and give Mumbaikars the chance to connect with nature, enjoy the biodiversity of our city, and boost eco-tourism.

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Area Under Consideration

Mumbai’ Eastern Waterfront

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Mumbai CST

Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala

Mumbai CST

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala

Harbour Rail Line

Central Rail Line

Harbour Rail Line

Central Rail Line






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We believe that the neighbourhoods of the Port Lands can add to the “Cultural Capital” as well as “Social Capital” of the entire Mumbai Region. These are the last remaining spaces that Mumbaikars can claim to create a more liveable city.

We have identified the historical, cultural and ecological characteristics of 12 of these neighbourhoods and applied people-oriented urban planning principles to create distinct and aesthetic spaces with great utility for our city.

We believe the New Nadkarni Park should be redeveloped as a mixed use residential area with the primary aim of rehabilitating Project Affected Persons.

We envisage a rich and vibrant tourist & cultural district in the historical Sewri Fort area and an eco-park featuring a flamingo sanctuary and a mangrove conservation site at the edge of the Sewri mudflats.

The area in Haji Bunder, Hay Bunder and Cotton Green offers a unique possibility to create education and sports facilities that can provide the children of Mumbai some space to learn and excel. This area should become the hub of a new Port Lands university for Mumbai, focusing on creating a next generation economy.

At Lakdi Bunder we envisage a much needed vocational training hub.

We believe that Darukhana should be transformed from a toxic ship breaking yard into a vibrant water sports facility.

Ferry Wharf and Bhaucha Dhakka should be repaired and renovated as a modern fishing jetty along with a coastal ferry passenger terminal.

The heritage Princes Dock and Victoria Dock should both be revived and converted into a ship repair facility and a marina respectively.

Elphinstone Estate should become the city’s new innovation cluster and should feature incubation spaces for Mumbai’s new generation entrepreneurs.

The disastrous OCT Jetty should be re-oriented into a cruise ship terminal on the outer side and on the inner side a ferry passenger terminal for cross-harbor commuter vessels should be created.

Sassoon Docks need to be repaired and renovated to provide hygienic and state of the art facilities for sea food auctions, processing and export.

Last but not least the iconic IMS Vikrant should be saved from the scrapyard at Darukhana and be restored as a maritime museum & convention centre, equipped with a helipad.

Vision for Port Lands NeighbourhoodsWADALA RD

STATION

SEWRI STATION

COTTON GREEN STATION

REAY ROAD STATION

DOCKYARD ROAD STATION

MASJID BUNDER STATION

SANDHURST ROAD STATION

CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

off-SHoRE CoNTAiNER TERMiNAL: fUTURE

CRUiSE AND PASSENGER TERMiNAL

ELPHiNSToNE AREA: iNCUBAToR HUB

fERRy WHARf

PRiNCES DoCk

ViCToRiA DoCk

MoDERNizATioN of SASSooN DoCk

iMS VikRANT: A MUSEUM SHiP

LAkDi BUNDER: VoCATioNAL HUB

DARUkHANA

HAji BUNDER, CoTToN GREEN & HAy BUNDER AREAS

SEWRi NATURE PARk: fLAMiNGo BiRD SANCTUARy

& MANGRoVE PARk

SEWRi foRT: iTiHAS AND SANSkRiTi CoRRiDoR

NEW NADkARNi PARk

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New Public Promenades

Mumbai CST

Arabian Sea

Proposed Public Promenade

Harbour Rail Line

Central Rail Line

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala© Copyright StudioPOD

Mumbai is uniquely fortunate to be an island city. Yet Mumbaikars have very few public promenades, where we can enjoy the sea.

The Port Lands re-development offers us a unique possibility to create several new public promenades that will give us all space to breathe, relax and dream.

These public promenades may not necessarily be long contiguous stretches but can and should become part of a larger network of pedestrian and bicycling trails. These promenades must be provided with adequate east west connectivity and linked to passenger water terminals. N

New Public Promenades




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The connectivity of the Eastern Port Lands from the rest of the city is comparatively weak due to the presence of high walls and the suburban harbour rail line. It is critical that the MCGM 2014-2034 Master Development Plan incorporates a series of east west connecting roads, walkways, cycle tracks & parks that can integrate the Port Lands seamlessly with the central and western part of South Mumbai.

APLI Mumbai’s vision plan has proposed some suggestions on desired east west connectivity in the adjacent map.

East West Connectivity

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Arabian Sea

Mumbai CST

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala

Desired Connection from jj Hospital via

Ramchandra Bhatt Marg to Nawab Tank Road

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Existing Henry Road

Existing BEST Marg

Madame Cama Road

Veer Nariman Road

Walchand Hirachand Marg

Carnac Bridge

yusuf Meher Ali Road

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Road

Dockyard Road Extension

St Savata Mali Marg Extension

Desired Connection from E S Patanwala Marg

Tanaji Malasure Road Extension into 2nd Avenue

Desired Connection from Lower Parel via Shri Sai Baba

Marg to Haji Bunder Road

Pedestrian Connection from five Gardens to

Nadkarni Park

Desired Connection from Tilak Road

Desired Connection from Acharya Donde Marg to

Messent Road

Pedestrian Connection from

Dattaram Lad Path




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Area Served by Public Transit

Mumbai CST

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala

Arabian Sea


10 Minutes Walking Area

from Harbour Line Station

Proposed Passenger

Water Transport Terminal

Lakdi Bunder

Haji Bunder

ferry Wharf (Trans-Harbour)

oCT / Cruise Terminal (Trans-

Harbour)

iMS Vikrant

Ballard Pier

Gateway of india (Trans-

Harbour)

Sassoon Dock

Sewri


from Harbour Line Station Sewri-NhavaSheva

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To Alibaug, Murud, janjira

To Ratnagiri, G

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from PWT Terminal


from PWT Terminal

Harbour Rail Line

Central Rail Line


Mumbai is a city that lends itself perfectly to transit oriented development(TOD). The linear shape of southern Mumbai, if planned properly should maximise access to public transport, as can be seen in the map alongside.

Every part of the Port Lands area is within a 10 minute walk either to an existing suburban Harbour line railway station or the proposed Colaba to Seepz Metro Line.

We also proposed constructing Passenger Water Transport (PWT) Terminals along the entire eastern waterfront. Of these PWT stops a few should act as major trans-harbour or coastal ferry terminals, providing connectivity to Navi Mumbai, JNPT, Uran, Alibagh, Goa, etc.

Proposed Passenger

Water Transport

Stops

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Mumbai CST

Masjid Bunder

Sandhurst Road

Dockyard Road

Reay Road

Cotton Green

Sewri

Wadala

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Arabian Sea

Proposed Social Hubs

community markets

public amenities

public utilitiestransport

haatssports and recreation

library

playpensoutdooractivities

1 Kms

Bazaars and Food Haats

Food & Beverage Counters

Outdoor Dinning Areas

Dustbins

Public Toilets / Changing Facilities

Amenities

Children’s Playground

Vegetable and Daily Needs Market

DAiLy NEEDS

Dispensary (Multi puprose Community Centre)

Nursing, Child and Maternity

Polyclinic

Intermediate Hospital (Category B)

Intermediate Hospital (Category A)

General Hospital

Multi-Speciality Hospital

Super-Speciality Hospital

HEALTHCARE

Pre-Primary, Kindergarten

Primary Schools

Secondary Schools

Junior Colleges

Schools for Specially Abled

University

Vocational Training Institutes

Education

SPoRTS

Swimming Pool Complex

Tennis 1

Basketball

Volleyball

Multifunctional Sports Maidan

Kabbadi, Hockey, Soccer, Athletics etc

Outdoor Gymnasium

Roller Skating

Jogging/ Running Track

Children’s Playgrounds

AMENiTiES

Music, Dance, Drama & Hobby Centre

Recreational Club & Gymnasium

Public Wi-Fi Zones

Community Hall & Training Room

Library, E-Library & Reading Rooms

Meditation & Spiritual Centre

Bill Payment, Photocopy & Stationery Centre, Bank ATM

Health Centre

TRANSPoRTATioN

Taxi Stands

Bus stops

Parking

Cycle Parking and Share Stands

Cycle Rickshaw Parking

PUBLiC UTiLiTiES

Public Toilets

Waste Collection Bins

Sewage Treatment Plants

Drainage Pumping Stations

Solid Waste Sorting Centres

Rain Water Harvesting Systems with Fresh Water Reservoirs, Bio Swales, Recharge Wells, etc

Internet Kiosks,

Public Art

Walking Tracks

Table Top Crossings

Signage,

Universal Access

Shade Structures

Drinking water


Harbour Rail Line

Central Rail Line

Mumbai Port Lands are opportunities to provide the much needed social infrastructure as per the UDPFI Guidelines. The circles shown in the map represent amenities distributed at 1Km distance along the Mumbai Port Lands. These amenities can be a combination or standalone features from the extensive list provided below.

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Vision: Reimagine Mumbai’s Port Lands

Neighbourhoods




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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

off-SHoRE CoNTAiNER TERMiNAL: fUTURE

CRUiSE AND PASSENGER TERMiNAL

ELPHiNSToNE AREA: iNCUBAToR HUB

fERRy WHARf

PRiNCES DoCk

ViCToRiA DoCk

MoDERNizATioN of SASooN DoCk

iMS VikRANT: A MUSEUM SHiP

LAkDi BUNDER: VoCATioNAL HUB

DARUkHANA

SEWRi NATURE PARk: fLAMiNGo BiRD SANCTUARy

& MANGRoVE PARk


NEW NADkARNi PARk: jEEVAN NAGAR


The APLI Mumbai’s Citizens Vision Plan for the Mumbai Port Lands suggests developing 12 neighbourhoods which are outlined in the following pages.

Vision for Port Lands Neighbourhoods

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Sewri Fort – Itihas and Sanskriti Neighbourhood!

Sewri has attracted worldwide attention as the nesting ground for flamingos. It is a unique eco-system and also home to many heritage architectural sites. However, access to these unique destinations are through neglected and derelict areas with oil depots, truck parking zones and unorganised barge repair units. !!The APLI Citizen’s Mumbai Initiative recommends that the entire Sewri area within the Port Lands, is re-imagined as a tourism & eco-zone, with dedicated areas for a flamingo bird sanctuary, mangrove parks, and heritage tourism destination sites, interspersed with areas for artists and cultural activities. !!The district will be mixed-use, pedestrian friendly with multiple public plazas and squares with a very high concentration of cultural activities that will attract the “knowledge workers” and “creative human capital” into our city!!The Sewri cultural district should reflect the region’s distinctive environment and heritage. We propose tactical adaptive reuse & heritage conservation programs to retain the cultural demographics of the region. We imagine global and local music , theatre & performing arts events; artists’ studios and galleries; public plaza’s street fairs and festivals; open museums ; arts spaces, studio and arts institutions. !

The Sewri neighbourhood will have spaces for the arts & crafts, museums, promenades, streets guided walks & workshops, Koli & seafood eateries, night markets and street performances of the local artists and artisans. We propose a Mumbai Haat, A culture gully (lane), avenues for fairs or melas.!!This area will be the new cultural district of Mumbai where the rich diversity of Mumbai should be exhibited: people can experience this cultural diversity and learn how to respect & protect it. The cultural district is also aimed to create an economic development framework that support indigenous arts and crafts and artists and craftspersons. !!We propose programs to support our artisans and the facilities in the area that will provide opportunities to different artisans to come in direct contact with people and provide a platform for bridging the gap between our vernacular artistic talent & consumers. The arts & culture area will be representative of Mumbai, Maharashtra as well as the entire country.!

Images from the internet(used without permission. Permission can be sought if necessary)!




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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS


Cultural HubSewri Fort Archaeological site

Sewri DargahSewri Christain Cemetry &

11-headed MonolithHeritage walks

Day-Night EateriesMumbai Haat

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Sewri Nature Park : Flamingo Sanctuary & Mangrove Park!

The Sewri Eco Park will capitalize on the natural assets of mangroves and flamingo seasonal bird sanctuary. The Eco Park will encompass open museum trails to feature and highlight natural ecosystems and wetlands; passive and active recreation areas and community sustainability programs and education amenities. We propose a massive eco-rejuvenation program to rehabilitate the ecosystems that have been damaged by pollution. !!Imagine a weekend in the Sewri Eco Park where children get guided tours on the environments in trails that pass around mangroves and offer glimpses of the ecosystem. These educational facilities will showcase examples of the need for protecting such natural areas as well as living art installations demonstrating recycling, water conservations and live examples of ecological diversity. The environmental theme will extend to the Eco-Park building facilities including the park stores, restaurant, café or seasonal green markets so as to showcase sustainability.!!

Below is a summary of some cultural & nature assets we have identified as key destinations in the Sewri Port Lands region:!!•  Sewri Fort archaeological site!•  Sewri Dargah!•  Flamingo & migratory bird sanctuary!•  Mangrove ecological area!•  Sewri christain cemetry & 11 headed monolith!•  Heritage walks!•  Day-Night eateries!•  Mumbai Haat! ! !!!





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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

SEWRi NATURE PARk: fLAMiNGo BiRD

SANCTUARy & MANGRoVE PARk

Flamingo & Migratory Bird SanctuaryMangrove Ecological Area

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New Nadkarni Park!

The Mumbai Port Trust was a labour intensive industry in the early 20th century and had a peak strength of over 20,000 workers. With declining port activities a ban was placed on all new recruitment as a result of which staff strength has now fallen to 7,500 personnel. !!To accommodate their workers, the Mumbai Port Trust built large numbers of quarters and workers amenities in Sewri and Wadala. These facilities which also includes a large hospital, do not make optimum use of land and should be re-developed in keeping with the re-imagined Port Lands. !!We believe this area offers a great opportunity to showcase prototypes of best in class affordable housing in terms of both architecture and urbanism. We envisage vibrant mixed-use housing communities which adhere to principles of universal design, compact green design development, Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and People Oriented Development (POD) !!We propose that civic amenities and spaces are re-developed in this area to catalyse the rejuvenation of the area. We propose programs that aim at de-concentration of poverty by creating neighbourhood counselling centres with access to vocational training services. We propose mixed income housing, in-fill development, inclusionary housing and affordable rental housing programs.!

We also envisage high quality public and community spaces for community development and interaction such as community centres to encourage collaborative entrepreneurship, community development programs and to enable community led action and constant exchange between residents.!!We imagine a neighbourhood where the community helps with running the day-care centres, libraries and community kitchens as well as community led programs to enables classes and learning opportunities for art, literature, sports like dance classes or math classes.!!The APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative reccomends the following :!•  Re-develop this area to focus on housing along with related

civic amenities.!•  Designate this area to rehabilitate Project Affected Persons –

especially from Indiranagar, with an emphasis on affordable yet integrated housing. !





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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

NEW NADkARNi PARk

Housing ProgramsP.A.P. Housing

Koliwada Fishing Community CentreChild Care Centres

Health care CentresPrimary & Secondary Schools

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Haji Bunder, Cotton Green & Hay Bunder: Education City!

The Haji Bunder, Cotton Green and Hay Bunder areas are a legacy of the early 20th century industrial era of central Mumbai. !!The cotton depots supported 85 textile mills, as the cotton trading centre of Mumbai rivalled Manchester. The plots in Hay Bunder and Fosbery Road were leased to major consumer goods manufacturing industries of the time. Hindustan Lever and Tata Oil Mills set up soap factories here and Brittania still has a biscuit factory in the area. Oil depots and fuel depots sprung up during World War II and also a Bedford Truck Assembly plant. Hundreds of warehouses were built to support the Industries in the area.!!With the closure of the Textile mills from 1971 and the migration of all labour intensive industries out of Mumbai into the hinterland, these leased industrial and warehouse plots have become derelict and the area resembles a ghost town. The leases have long expired, but lease holders in anticipation of a real estate windfall are litigating against the Mumbai Port Trust in courts.!!An enabling legislative framework to deal with these matters has been proposed in our earlier paper (See Annexure 4).!

The APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative reccommends that !!•  This neighbourhood of over 4 square kilometres is re-

developed with a primary focus on Education & Sports where young Mumbaikars can exercise both their body and mind. !

!•  A new PortLands Mumbai University should be set up,

headquartered in the beautiful Heritage building of the Cotton Green Exchange, so that young Mumbaikars and Maharashtrians no longer need to leave the city and the state for higher education elsewhere. !

•  An integrated, mixed-use vibrant, sustainable education district should be developed around the university precincts that will offer Mumbaikars life-long opportunities to discover, learn and explore new ideas. The New Port Lands University will focus on new age disciplines and next generation professions and serve as an education hub for multi-disciplinary colleges. !





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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

HAji BUNDER, CoTToN GREEN & HAy BUNDER:

Education HubThe New Port Lands University

Free wi-fi zoneDigital Public Library

Reading roomsStudent study areas

Strong East-west ConnectivityLink to Sewri and Lalbaug

Public UtilitiesPedestrian and Bicycling path

Waterfront Promenade

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Haji Bunder, Cotton Green & Hay Bunder: Sports City!

A sports district should be set up in this neighbourhood with facilities that are interspersed between the educational institutions. We must incorporate at least one large capacity multi use stadium which can be used for athletics, football and hockey. !!The area should also offer dedicated and state of the art sporting facilities for sports in which young Indians are excelling such as :!

•  Shooting, & archery!•  Kabaddi, kho-kho, & malakhamb!•  Weight lifting, wrestling, & boxing, !•  Basket ball, hand ball & volley ball!•  Athletics !•  Tennis, badminton, squash, and table tennis!•  Gymnastics, fencing, judo, karate & other

martial arts!•  Swimming!

!An open - museum honoring and educating our community about India’s historical sports and great sportsmen should be set up interspersed with open areas for fitness, yoga, meditation, laughing clubs etc. !! !

The area should be :!!•  Entirely wifi area with high speed broadband connectivity!•  Have an open to all digital public library with a capacity of

1,000 students at a time.!•  Have numerous reading rooms & student study areas!!The entire area must focus on human-scale architecture which is :!!•  Pedestrian and bicycle friendly !•  Has excellent East / West & North / South transport

connectivity!•  Is integrated with the densely populated residential and

commercial areas of Sewri, Lalbaug, Bhendi Bazar, Mumba Devi, Mazgaon and Byculla !

•  To the extent possible has no or very low vehicle density!•  Is built with green & eco-friendly materials and uses

renewable sources of energy to the maximum extent possible!

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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

HAji BUNDER, CoTToN GREEN & HAy BUNDER:

Education HubThe New Port Lands University

Free wi-fi zoneDigital Public Library

Reading roomsStudent study areas

Strong East-west ConnectivityLink to Sewri and Lalbaug

Public UtilitiesPedestrian and Bicycling path

Waterfront Promenade

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Lakdi Bunder!

The waterfront between Haji Bunder and Malet Bunder was the main stay of the Mumbai Port in the 19th century until the Princes and Victoria Docks were built with impounded draught of 6-7 metres. The water front also had Shaparia Dock which continued shipbuilding until about 1964. !!With disuse the Sewri mud flats encroached along these bunders and rendered them virtually unusable. The 2 to 3 metres draught of these wharves were then suitable only for dhows and country craft. In 2008 with the import of coal becoming a necessity for power stations on the west coast, a scheme commenced for unloading coal from 1000 dwt barges with the ocean going ships discharging in the stream in harbour or in the outer anchorage. This has been a disastrous decision resulting in a carpet of coal due to spillage over a large area of Port Lands in addition to dust pollution from multiple primitive handling and emission of dioxin from spontaneous combustion of coal in the stackyards awaiting evacuation by rail. At its peak the stacked storage of coal exceeded 2 lakh tons and has been often in excess of 10,000 tons. There has been a public demand for cessation of coal handling which is expected to be heeded by the Mumbai Port and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.!!As the various bunders named Reti Bunder, Tank Bunder, Coal Bunder and Lakdi Bunder are now defunct, it is proposed that they be utilised as a vocational training neighbourhood, where!

high quality craftsmanship and trades are taught. This neighbourhood should also incorporate Centres for creative expression and design. In addition to skills, design and aesthetics must also become an intrinsic part of the educational experience. !!Traditional seafaring & ship building skills should also be taught keeping in mind that these are traditional skills of the city and that they continue to have great job creation potential.This district will produce skilled workforce to support Mumbai as a hub for business, finance, culture & entertainment. The public plazas should also have art installations that offer tribute to various vocations of India.! !The new facilities could include the following:!•  Vocational training centres,!•  ITIs, polytechnic, crafts centre!•  Seafarers centre, ratings training, practical seamanship

training!•  Artists hub & galleries!•  Theatres & workshops for music & dance. !•  NCC naval wing, sea cadets, scouting and adventure training

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WADALA RD STATION

SEWRI STATION


REAY ROAD STATION




CHATTRAPATI SHIVAJI

TERMINUS

LAkDi BUNDER:

Vocational HubPolytechnic, Craft

CentresArtist Hubs

Seafarers CentreTheatre Workshops

NCC Naval WingSea Cadets

Scouting and Adventure Training

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Darukhana Neighbourhood !

Darukhana is supporting a local ship breaking industry in the heart of a teeming city. The ship breaking industry is known for hazards both to the environment and the workers. It requires close regulation to prevent pollution from toxic wastes and oil sludge in ships which are taken in hand for breaking as well as concerns of its workers who work without helmets, safety harnesses or eye protectors. !!Shipbreaking is unsuitable as a means of employment in a city. This area represents a great opportunity to use the valuable water front for the recreation and wellness of citizens. Darukhana can be faulted on all these counts.!!APLI Mumbai initiative strongly recommends cessation of ship breaking activities at Darukhana The priority will be to remove the highly toxic and environmentally hazardous waste matter leached into the ground. The cessation of ship breaking will also discourage local traders from making this prime waterfront as dumping ground for unwanted scrap material even from the suburbs of Mumbai!!

The natural slope and compacted seabed at Darukhana lends itself to water sports at varying tide levels.The development of the waterfront will create a water sports centre which can encompass:!•  Sailing!•  Rowing!•  Kayaking!•  Wind surfing !•  Water scooters!•  Water skiing! !As the activities flourish the expanded area can support:!•  Promenades & recreation facilities like day - night restaurants!•  Walking paths & parks!•  Affordable & speciality health centres!•  Specialist medical & medical tourism facilities which should be

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Ferry Wharf – Bhaucha Dhakka!

Mumbaikars had the benefit of using coastal water transport from the Bhaucha Dhakka - Ferry Wharf for 60 years until the transport system turned away from the water front. Gradually even ferries to Alibaug, Dharamtar and further afield declined and finally stopped. !!At present the Ferry Wharf at Bhaucha Dhakka provides a much needed service connecting Mumbai’s island city with Mora and Elephanta island at nominal fares. The northern half of Ferry Wharf is a fishing boat jetty. However the fishing boats have no back up infrastructure and this is merely a transit jetty. This corner of the Port Lands is also home to marine training academies.!!The embarkation facilities are extremely primitive and consist of unprotected steps to the water line, very limited berths so that passengers have to squeeze through a turn stile and cross gunwales of boats to reach their ferry. There is little protection from the elements and the safety precautions are non-existent. !!The Ferry Wharf should function as a major coastal ferry station augmenting the capacity of the OCT coastal ferry jetty and provide berthing facilities to high speed modern hover crafts and similar vessels. The fishing wharf should be upgraded and this should become the nodal hub for training MSME’s in seafood and marine matters.!! !

APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative Reccomends that the Bhaucha Dhakka- Ferry Wharf is immediately upgraded as follows:!!•  Passenger ferry terminal be upgraded to modern standards

with seating, toilet and passenger friendly amenities to become a major transit point for coastal & commuter ferries, with seamless linkages to rail, metro rail and Eastern Express Freeway.!

•  Fishing Wharf be upgraded : It will boost the fish industry to upgrade the unloading facilities and provide fish processing facilities, logistics, cold storage depots and fish marketing support to enable this asset to be exploited for the benefit of fisher folk and the city. !

•  Repair and strengthen the marine structure which is crumbling. Modern marine structural concrete techniques and design will be necessary to rehabilitate the structure.!

•  Widen the curriculum of the Marine training academies to provide training to medium, small and micro entrepreneurs in the Marine and seafood business.!

•  Provide an eco-system of incubation, finance and marketing facilities to assist such entrepreneurs.!

•  If feasible create space for sea food restaurants that showcase Mumbai’s rich seafood cuisine and create a llively destination for Mumbaikars.!

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Princes Dock!

Princes Dock was built in 1888 as the premier dock of the Port trust with an impounded draught of upto 7m. After World War II there was a sea change in the method of construction of ships when riveting the hull was replaced by welding. This allowed the sizes of ships to be increased dramatically. The most often used cargo vessels are the PANAMAX vessels of 84000 dwt. This size of vessel is too large to be accomodated in a draught of 7 m and therefore Princes Dock was no longer useful for Cargo vessels. !!In the 1960s the discovery of oil in Bombay High gave a new lease of life to Princes Dock which became the home of over 200 Offshore Supply vessels, coastal vessels, oceangoing tugs, coast guard craft and many special purpose vessels like cranes and harbour craft. The Merewether Dry Dock (named in memory of the first Chief Engineer of the Mumbai Port trust) within Princes Dock has performed yeoman service for the coastal fleet. It is still the only viable commercial Dry dock in Maharashtra.!!The decision to fill the Princes Dock to create a stackyard for the disastrous Offshore Container Terminal has been a monumental error of judgment considering that :!!The decision to close the Princes Dock and the Merewether Dry Dock has been a severe set back to the coastal fleet. !!

The MbPT has more than 400 ha of land unutilised, within 1 km of Princes Dock which it could have used rather than destroy a heritage structure which has great commercial viability.!!This is valuable infrastructure which is ideally suited to be a Modern berthing & ship repairing facility, in the process providing a valuable service to marine and coastal vessels while creating skilled jobs and apprentice opportunities!!APLI Mumbai Citizen’s initiative recommends:!!•  Reopening of the Princes Dock to create modern berths for the

Coastal fleet consisting of Offshore Supply vessels, Anchor handling tugs, offshore platform vessels, Coast guard vessels and coastal cargo vessels in addition to harbour craft. !

•  The Merewether Dry Dock should revert to its ship repairing role. The utility of the Princes Dock and Merewether Dry Dock will more than justify the cost of removing the silt and debris dumped loosely into the dock.!

The above images have been sourced from the internet . The Sources can be provided on as needed.!




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Victoria Dock!

Victoria Dock was built in 1890 and was the premier dock for receiving cargo vessels until the construction of Alexandra Dock (now Indira Dock) in 1914. With its limited draught of 7m the dock is not useful for modern cargo vessels. !!As part of the diastrous OCT project , the decision was made to fill these docks with sand to create a stackyard for the Containers. This decision is deeply flawed as: !•  This is a Heritage dock and should be preserved.!•  This is valuable infrastructure which is ideally suited to be a

Marina and which can be swiftly converted at a low cost (which the Mumbai Port Trust itself has stated is a priority project).!

APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative urges the Mumbai Port Trust to convert the Victoria Dock into a modern marina for the thousands of boats owned by sailing enthusiasts and the growing sea loving fraternity in Mumbai. A Marina will meet the growing need for berthing of numerous sailing vessels, motor boats, yachts and recreational craft now berthed off the Gateway of India in the fair weather. !

It will also provide safe berthing for the Monsoon period (1 Jun till 15 Sep) when currently these vessels have no shelter or berth. Boat enthusiasts have to find totally unsatisfactory temporary arrangements at small boat yards in Mora, Karanja, Mahul and inshore yards as far as Thane and Panvel to find any safe parking spots.!!Sailing is a sport in which India participates and has fared well in the Asian Games, CWG and the Olympics. Mumbai harbour is recognised as an excellent training ground for our young budding sailors who are aspiring to bring laurels to the country. The draught of 5 metres which can be provided in Victoria Dock by desilting the basin will be more than adequate for yachts in Mumbai. !!In addition Victoria Dock can provide basic amenities to boats such as fuelling, water supply, reception of sewage, boat repairs, sailmakers services, rigging services and ship chandlers services the absence of which are sorely felt by the marine community. This can be a visually appealing part of the Port Lands re-development undertaken swiftly and at low cost. It can also provide a valuable and perennial source of revenue to Port authorities, and provide employment opportunities to sailing instructors, tindalls, ship repair and maintenance crew etc.!!!





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Elphistone Estate!

Elphinstone Estate occupies a prime zone adjacent to the business hub of the city, home to the entrepreneurial talent in trade and commerce. The area has been allowed to degenerate over the years due to indecision on its future, though several committees of the Government of Maharashtra and the Planning commission have discussed the future utilisation of Elphinstone Estate for the benefit of the city.!!The time is ripe to restore the primacy of Mumbai as the country’s commercial capital. This is the age of Start ups and Angel investors. The age of internet and globalisation. Enterprises without geographical boundaries are seeking spaces and labs to develop business models based on IoT (Internet of Things) and KNoT (Konnected Network of Things).!!The Mumbai port trust will be blessed for giving the city the opportunity to explore, incubate, nurture, and foster new types of businesses. We propose that this area be developed as an innovation cluster where New Commerce replaces Old Commerce. We propose investment into an ecosystem and infrastructure faci l i t ies l ike co-working spaces and incubation facilities for entrepreneurs in new age Industries where Mumbai enjoys a competitive advantage and has inherent skills!

like finance, advertising, media, film making, design, gems & jewellery, architecture and urban planning, information technology and clean technology among others. The mixed use community will have public spaces and architecture that is vibrant yet innovative. The public space network will have installations and public art that demonstrate innovations.!!APLI Mumbai initiative urges the Port Trust to facilitate the following:!!•  Incubation centre : For attracting the brightest and best young

entrepreneurial talent and encouraging start ups with capital access and support!

•  Venture Capital centre: For mentoring and hand holding new businesses and enabling them to grow into world class global enterprises!

•  Entrepreneurship development Institute: The business world has institutionalised and made academic content part of the main stream thought. Finance is a world by itself and India’s participation needs the impetus our best minds can provide.!

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Offshore Container Terminal (OCT) Jetty!

Mumbai was once a great Industrial City and hence needed a major Port. In its heyday the Mumbai Port was the largest and most significant port in India. The Offshore Container terminal (OCT) project was conceived in 1997 to augment the container handling capacity of Mumbai Port, but not executed for several decades. By the turn of the century two things became clear:!

•  A port in the heart of Mumbai, a rapidly growing Metropolis was placing great pressure on the City’s infrastructure!

•  As land and labour costs were rising Mumbai’s industries were moving out of the city.!

!The decision was made to build Nhava Sheva, at a distance of 10 Nautical miles from Mumbai Port – with the express intention of de-congesting Mumbai. However the OCT project was not terminated. By the time the project took shape in 2007, the sizes of Container vessels had increased so that the draught requirement (depth of water needed for the ship to navigate safely) was 16m at the berth.!!A Jetty to cater to the capacity of 1.2 MTEU, (1.2 million twenty foot equivalent container units per year) was constructed at a cost of over Rs 700 crores. However despite a dredging expenditure of Rs 390 Crores between 2008 and 2012 the required water depth of 16m was not achieved. The Dredging contractor was declared bankrupt and the services of the Project Management Consultant were terminated. No contractor for the dredging or the project Management has been appointed despite a gap of 2 years; the project is stalled; and the Jetty lies unused and abandoned. !!It is clear that this project is technically unviable ( as the required draught cannot be achieved without a massive upfront expenditure and on-going expensive dredging); commercially unviable (as JNPT which is just across the harbour is being expanded to 10 MTEU) and senseless from an urban planning perspective (instead of de-congesting the city it will choke up South Mumbai’s arterial roads with over 11,000 truck movements a day, the bulk of which are destined for distant main land destinations and which should be handled either by Nhava Sheva or other major coastal ports). ! !

In response to a PIL (PIl7/2013) filed by some very eminent and respected Mumbaikars who urged the Court to stop this disastrous project, the Bombay High Court ordered that the project should be reconsidered. The Mumbai port trust has nevertheless thought it fit to confirm that the project is still feasible.!!APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative strongly recommends that !•  Further expenditure towards this unviable project & towards

unsustainable dredging targets is stopped!

•  The Outer side of the OCT jetty is converted into a world class cruise ship terminal for 3 ships to be berthed at the same time. ( Note : This is a perfect infrastructure to handle modern cruise ships for ~ 4000 passengers which need a draught of no more than 10m. The jetty width of 60m is adequate for excellent passenger embarkation and disembarkation facilties, tourist busses and taxis ) !

•  The inner side of the OCT jetty is Converted to a Ferry Terminal, utilised for :!


This is a great opportunity to re-orient a disastrous project and convert it into valuable infrastructure that will give an enormous boost to tourism in Mumbai (Cruise terminals have the potential of generating Several billion Dollars of revenue in foreign exchange each year in addition to creating thousands of jobs) and Coastal transport – which will relieve pressure on the over-burdened arterial Road & rail infrastructure.!!APLI Mumbai Citizen’s Initiative urges the Mumbai Port Trust to re-imagine and re-orient the OCT with alacrity and earn great profits which are impossible from a Container Terminal which cannot accommodate modern main line container vessels.!!

•  Coastal ferries to Alibaug, Janjira, Murud, Dighi, Jaigad, Dabhol, vijaydurg, Ratnagiri and Goa.!

•  Cross harbour ferries to JNPT, Mora, Karanja, Mandwa, Revas and Dharamtar.!

•  Commuter ferries that can service Vashi, Nerul, Belapur, Ulwe, Panvel, Gateway of India and Nariman Point.!




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Sassoon Dock was built in 1875 as a fishing harbour and was the first enclosed dock constructed by the Mumbai Port trust. !!There is a thriving eco-system of Koli fishermen, auctioneers, wholesaleers, retail fisher women, cleaning, peeling and fishing helpers and tiny solo-entrepreneurs who work here Reportedly fish in excess of Rs 3 crores is traded in Sassoon Docks every day.!!In 1961 an effort was initiated to make Sassoon Dock an export fish processing centre. Infrastructure facilities including an ice factory and cold storage facilities were added. Regrettably, these facilities, sheds and warehouses are crumbling and in a dangerously dilapidated condition. !!There is filth and garbage everywhere. Fish processing is done on the open ground on the roadsides. Offal is dumped in the sea by export processing units with scant regard to environment or pollution control norms. There is no shelter from the rain for those who work at the docks nor any basic toilet facilities. !!On 1 August 2014, the Hon’ble Minister of Shipping inaugurated the commencement of a refurbishing project at a cost of Rs 25 Cr. !

APLI Mumbai Citizen’s Initiative hope that this money will be spent on a complete make over which will re-establish Sassoon Dock as a vibrant fishing harbour with the following facilities : !!•  Catch Unloading cranes and unloaders at main wharves!•  Mechanical Transporters for fish catch between wharves and

warehouses and processing sheds.!•  Auction sheds and space for wholesale/ retail trade of fish!•  Cold storage capacity adequate for receiving full daily catch!•  Modern reception and Bio waste processing facilty for disposal

of offal cum production of energy!•  Modern hygienic amenities for fish handlers.!•  Toilets and wash rooms adequate to accommodate all workers

in each zone of the Docks!•  First-aid facilities and emergency medical aid !•  Creches/ day care centres for children of women workers/

fisher women!

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Vikrant is an iconic Naval ship. INS Vikrant’s supremacy over the Bay of Bengal in the 1971 war was responsible for the early surrender of the East Pakistan Army. The Vikrant invokes immeasurable pride not only in every naval person, but in every Indian.!!The ship was decommissioned in 1997. At the instance of the Indian Navy the Government of Maharashtra commissioned a study by Tata Consulting Engineers, who submitted a report in 2002 proposing that the ship be converted into a museum & Convention Centre along with a helipad.!!The cost of the project was estimated in 2002 as Rs 95 Crores with a time frame of 24 months. TCES had estimated the Internal rate of Return would be 19.92% with a payback period of 4.2 years.!!The TCES report suggested to grout VIKRANT off Oyster Rock south of Sassoon Dock. This will be on a prepared bed of 220m x 34m enclosed by walls and a caisson gate. The dredged bed will be 3m below Datum. For public access, a 9.5m wide trestle bridge would be built from the Colaba Bus Depot adjacent to Sagar Upavan.!!Regrettably the TCES reccomendations were not implemented and the ship remained with the Indian Navy. !!

The Vikrant was subsequently sold for scrap and in response to widespread protest a PIL was lodged with the Supreme Court. In May 2014 the ship was beached off Daukhana awaiting a decision by the Government. !!The APLI Mumbai citizen’s initiative urges the Mumbai Port Trust and the Indian Navy to position Vikrant at the site selected by TCES and thereafter arrange for its conversion into a Maritime Musuem cum Convention Centre cum Helipad.!!The IMS Vikrant can provide the following facilities!•  Flight Deck for Helipad, Functions and Open air events 8,000

sq m!•  Museum 3,000 sq m!•  Restaurant, and offices 1,500 sq m!•  Convention Centre 3,000 sq m!•  Logistics spaces 8,200 sq m! !This will not just preserve an iconic heritage ship but also create much needed infrastructure while creating an interesting new tourist destination in Mumbai.!

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CoTToN GREEN

STATioN

HARBoUR RAiL

LiNE

EAST

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EDUCATioN HUBDiGiTAL PUBLiC LiBRARySTUDENT STUDy AREAS

READiNG RooMSfREE Wifi xoNE

PEDESTRiAN AND BiCyCLiNG PATHS

CENTRAL GREENWAy

MULTiPURPoSE SPoRTS ARENA

24/7 MARkET

WATER SPoRTS ARENA

SPECiALiTy MEDiCAL fACiLiTiES

WATERfRoNT PARkS AND PRoMENADE

SEWRi STATioN

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Low-lying Areas

Creating an open green Network along the Low lying Area

Area for Public Use with Social Infrastructure planned along it

Integrated neighbourhoods which need to be planned as per UDPFI guidelines

Creating East West Linkages.

All Illustrations and Renderings (C) Studio POD


illustrative Master Plan of Haji Bunder + Cotton Green + Hay Bunder Neighbourhoods

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Low-lying Areas

Creating an open green Network along the Low lying Area

Area for Public Use with Social Infrastructure planned along it

Integrated neighbourhoods which need to be planned as per UDPFI guidelines

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Neighbourhood for Living Transit Oriented Development Public Water Front

Balanced Development

It is important for the Mumbai Portland’s to have balanced development . The following chapter will define 3 character zones that need to be created from east to west side of the Mumbai.



Sport Facilities Non Motorised Transportation

Retail and Commercial along

the footpath

Non Motorised Transportation

Walking Paths

Walking Paths

Bicycle Paths

Bicycle Paths


Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Buses

Seasonal Trees Along Streets for colour, Noise reduction and Eco-facility

Retail and Commercial along the street

Neighbourhood Maidans for free

sports facilities

Intermediate Motorised

Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Rickshaws

Hybrid Taxis

Hybrid Buses

Bioswale and Street

plantations

Medium Speed Multi-modal Street

Social Infrastructure Hub that includes

balanced development of Educational

Facilities, Medical Facilities and

Local Retail for all Mumbaikars

Public Gardens & Parks

High Density Transit Oriented Development (Around Stations)

Light Rail Transit & Electronic

Buses for Last mile connectivity

Comfortable East to West Ramps for People and Cyclist

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Sport Facilities Non Motorised Transportation

Retail and Commercial along

the footpath


Walking Paths

Walking Paths

Bicycle Paths

Bicycle Paths


Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Buses

Seasonal Trees Along Streets for colour, Noise reduction and Eco-facility

Retail and Commercial along the street

Neighbourhood Maidans for free

sports facilities


Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Rickshaws

Hybrid Taxis

Hybrid Buses

Bioswale and Street

plantations

Medium Speed Multi-modal Street

Social Infrastructure Hub that includes

balanced development of Educational

Facilities, Medical Facilities and

Local Retail for all Mumbaikars

Public Gardens & Parks


Light Rail Transit & Electronic

Buses for Last mile connectivity


Creating Higher Living Standards for all Mumbaikars




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Sport Facilities Social Facilities Non Motorised Transportation

Walking Paths

Walking Paths Bicycle

Paths

Bicycle Paths

Existing Suburban Railways

(Local Train - Harbour Line)


Light Rail Transit & Electronic Buses for Last mile

connectivity

Existing Eastern Freeway



Developing Areas Around Stations for Social Infrastructure

Public Library of work class Standards


Bio Swale for natural filtration and ground water recharge & Eco Walk

Public gardens with dense forestation

Public Library of work class Standards

Public Parks with Kids play area

Rail Based Public TransportationMotorised

Public Transportation

Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Buses

Hybrid Buses

Metro Partial

Indian Railway


Seasonal Flowering Trees

Marina Water Taxi Stop

Waterfront Cycling Track

Food and Beverage area

Start-up and Entrepreneur

Incubator


Light Rail Transit & Electronic Buses

Mumbai Ferry Stop

Public Kayak , Swimming , Sailing and Water Sports

Area

Recreational Waterfront for Public Use




Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Rickshaws

Hybrid Taxis

Walking Paths

Bicycle Paths

Electric Rickshaws

Hybrid Buses

Unique Eco-tourism

Providing Breathing lungs to the City





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Seasonal Flowering Trees

Marina Water Taxi Stop

Waterfront Cycling Track

Food and Beverage area

Start-up and Entrepreneur

Incubator


Light Rail Transit & Electronic Buses

Mumbai Ferry Stop

Public Kayak , Swimming , Sailing and Water Sports

Area

Recreational Waterfront for Public Use




Motorised Public

Transportation

Hybrid Rickshaws

Hybrid Taxis

Walking Paths

Bicycle Paths

Electric Rickshaws

Hybrid Buses

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Acknowledgments

Bollywood Art Project (BAP)

aka Ranjit Dahiya

Special thanks to:

• Admiral IC Rao, Member, Mumbai Docklands Regeneration Forum

Visual Disobedience

Citizens :• Helen Hiranandani

• Rahul Dalal

• Shail Belani

• Rajvardhan Kadam

• Suprateek Chatterjee

• Ashish Sanyal

• Rina Kamath

• Manjeet Kripalani

• Girish Bhaskar

• Gaurav Sardana

• Chiresh Sanghvi

• Ronak Mastakar

• Dhiresh Sharma

• Nitika Khanna

• Ranjit Dahiya

• Harshvardhan Kadam

Acknowledgments


aka Ranjit Dahiya

Special thanks to:


Visual Disobedience


• Rahul Dalal

• Shail Belani



• Ashish Sanyal

• Rina Kamath


• Girish Bhaskar

• Gaurav Sardana

• Chiresh Sanghvi

• Ronak Mastakar

• Dhiresh Sharma

• Nitika Khanna

• Ranjit Dahiya


Acknowledgments


aka Ranjit Dahiya

Special thanks to:


Visual Disobedience


• Rahul Dalal

• Shail Belani



• Ashish Sanyal

• Rina Kamath


• Girish Bhaskar

• Gaurav Sardana

• Chiresh Sanghvi

• Ronak Mastakar

• Dhiresh Sharma

• Nitika Khanna

• Ranjit Dahiya


• Anuradha Altekar• Shail Belani• Girish Bhaskar• Dev Chandrasekhar• Suprateek Chatterjee• Ranjit Dahiya • Rahul Dalal• Sowmya Haran• Helen Hiranandani• Dr. Manik Hiranandani• Harshvardhan Kadam

Citizens:• Rajvardhan Kadam• Rina Kamath• Nikita Khanna• Manjeet Kripalani• Prathima Manohar• Ronak Mastakar • Sarfaraz Momin• Zohra Momin• Aditi Nargundkar Pathak• Vice Admiral IC Rao• Mansi Sahu

• Rita Sahu• Chiresh Sanghvi• Ashish J Sanyal• Meera H Sanyal• Gaurav Sardana• Dhiresh Sharma• Deepti Shukla• Rajiv Thakkar• Viola Vaz• Shraddha Marathe Waghdhare• Mahesh Waghdhare




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APLI Mumbai : A PortLands Intiative to Reimagine Mumbai 1

Process for Portlands Redevelopment:Civic Engagement Principles

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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Summary

Citizen participation is the foundation of any democracy. The idea of integrating citizens’ views into the master plan is critical in India given that the city leadership will need the support and consensus of the larger public to be able to make any real change on ground. The integration of massive civic engagementprogram all through the creation of a policy blueprint that is likely to intimately affect everyday life of the citizen of the city for years to come; could be revolutionary in many ways and will symbolize the ideals of participatory democracy.

The scale , size and diversity of this citizen engagement operation is set to be extraordinary given that Mumbai city with a population of 18 million is among the largest urban agglomerations in the world.This unparalleled citizen participation program in the creation of a redevelopment policy of Mumbai Port Trust, by the nation’s commercial capital Mumbai, will indeed positively highlight India’s inherent position of being the world’s largest democracy.

Civic Engagement Program

• Periodically develop key communications around the main principles of the Vision Plan as well as document and broadcast the entire process of master planning.

• Design and execute a large-scale civic and stakeholder engagement process by use of the ideas including but not limited to: Use of Traditional Media as well as New Media Technology Public workshops: Stakeholders of the city as we as legendary global Leaders / Expert

Consultations Deliver periodic reports on public perceptions based on information garnered from the public

engagement process.

2 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

2.1 DescriptionPatrick Geddes who is widely acknowledged as the father of modern urban planning recognized the importance of civic engagement. His “Outlook Tower” in Edinburgh, Scotland, which can be best described as “city observatory”, “museum” or a "civic laboratory," demonstrates how citizen engagement was at the heart of city planning process.

Citizen engagement is in essence a constant, lively conversation with the general public on many levels that boosts public commitment to the city and strengthens public understanding of various issues. In the end one of the greatest values of civic participation in policy is that we will also be creating a knowledgeable, well-resourced and skilled civil society. It also reinforces citizen commitment to city as they will feel part of the process of positive change in the city by engaging in intelligent conversation with policy makers about the issues which impact the way they live, work and play.




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2.2 Principles of Civic Engagement

Civic Engagement Circle.

Public engagement can be perceived in a number of different ways. The engagement strategy design for the process will ensure that all of the city’s citizens have a way to participate and offer feedback to development of the plan. The various elements of the engagement model will be:

• Information Access

The city will be kept informed through out the entire process of the master planning process. They will have access to all the facts and detailed information that lead up to a certain policy or design position.India’s RTI Policy revolutionizing the process of allowing access to information. But it is mostly an information pull strategy; This plan will engage in a push strategy.

• Civic Consultations

A large scale plan for consultation will be designed to ensure that people are involved in deciding which options to choose for their city through a series of consultations followed up by perception studies backed by new media technology. This element of the engagement will empower the citizen to have a sense of belonging, to be able to contribute to the city as well experience a sense of being able to make a difference.

• Civic Understanding and Building Commitment

Some of the key principles of the master plan that is recognized by the experts / leaders will be promoted to the city. We recognize that a lot of the aims of the vision plan may not necessarily seem attractive to the general public or groups in the short term; but they might have to be adopted for the larger good of the city in the longer term. The engagement plan will periodically create communication around these themes and build a consensus, commitment and motivation towards these issues.

• Civic Participation & Action Plan Development

This component of the engagement can be a great platform of collaborative operating model between city and its stakeholders. We will develop a comprehensive set of grass root partnerships of local agencies / organizations which will allow stakeholders as well as the public to contribute to the master plan. We will also encourage and help stakeholder organisations and partners to carry on the dialogue to its core audiences that the policy shaping team may not be able to reach directly. In the long term, these independent groups can be mobilized to create actionable plans and it could potentially allow the city to support independent community initiatives.




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3 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

3.1 Overview:At the heart of the implementation of the civic engagement strategy is technology that will drive the information dissemination and allow collaboration. The confluence of activities of workshops, grassrootspartnerships and other communication will be channelled through technology.

Indicative Diagram of Structuring of Civic Plan & process

(C): The Urban Vision

3.2 Workshops – Stakeholders + Leadership Panel

The workshops should be divided broadly into stakeholders and expert workshop. All the workshops should be webcast live.

3.2.1 Stakeholders WorkshopsThe stakeholder’s workshops must take place in the phase-1 of the planning exercise and in essence will be made up of a series of small focus groups that will highlight the challenges and opportunities of the city. This workshop will aim to bring together a number of the region’s stakeholders including but not limited to environmental groups, housing activists , heritage experts , resident associations , business chambers, shop owners associations , street vendors associations, slum activists, tenants associations and other civic action groups.

3.2.2 Leader & Expert Panels

The expert panels must be put together at later phase of the planning process. These workshops will aim tobring together local and internationally renowned experts and thought leaders. The works shops will be structured in a thematic summit manner to bring out a host of issues the metropolis has to consider to become a liveable & socially inclusive city.

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Suggestive Framework of Themes for Expert Panels

3.3 Partnerships

As part of the civic engagement plan , we recommend the development of a series of on ground stakeholder partnerships / expert groups including but not limited to civic action groups, universities, health service, and groups from the community, voluntary and private sectors . We should alsoaim to empower them with access to technology and toolkits so they can contribute to the planning process. This component of the plan is very important so as to obtain the views and opinions of the citizenry who are often missed out of community engagement activities. The partnership effort should especially focus on community and non governmental organisations who work directly with members of the society who are often excluded or are considered as weaker groups (Economically weaker section / disabled) ; thereby ensuring that voices from all sections of the society is heard.

Supporting organization must be empowered with simple things like announcing a related event through the official master plan website or perhaps creating a structured survey format driven by technology to evaluate of the views of their community on aspects of the master plan.

3.4 Technology

As described previously, technology that is web based should be at the heart of the civic engagement strategy. A continuous update of the master planning process as well as live coverage of key meetings must be available on the web. We must also develop a web-based resource for driving civic consultation. We must use the web as the key information dissemination tool as well as develop technologic tools that create opportunities for a one-on-one and conversational relationship between policy making team and thecitizens. We reccomend the use a host of new media tools of “Web 2.0” that will further enable communication and collaboration. “Web 2.0” can be described as technologies like wikis, podcasting, blogging, social networking sites which is a inventive way to connect the collective intelligence of diverse set of communities and experts. As part of the consultation we should develop a series of technology enabled integrated structured surveys to gauge perception from general public, different stakeholders and experts.

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3.5 Measuring Public Perception

We believe that there is a need to quantify and measure the public inputs on the master planning. So weshould again use technology to conduct analysis to get a macro sense of the civic opinion through the following.

Opinion in Blogs and Forum Discussions will be tracked through custom developed & integrated research tools to make a summary of the larger perception of the citizens

Targeted Polls/ Surveys will be conducted at periodic intervals Targeted and Generic E-mail questionnaires

Use quantitative methods to best explain the public perception:

Use the most appropriate methodologies for both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the large scale of citizen opinions we expect to receive.

Collected messages and report it graphically with an analysis and conclusion drawn. Streamline the definition of the participant through registration process thereby allowing the option of

having group specific perception studies. For instance, we could develop separate outputs for stakeholder; the general public and the experts. The stakeholders and expert groups will have to go through an approval process in the registration.

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APLI Mumbai : A PortLands Intiative to Reimagine Mumbai

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Principles of Portlands Redevelopment:Annexure 2

Eight Principles for Sustainable development of Port Lands

1. Integrated mobility

2. Human Scale Development

3. Employability & Entrepreneurship

4. Social Infrastructure

5. Smart Infrastructure

6. Sustainable Living

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1. Integrated Mobility

Figure 1: © Studio POD

The Mumbai’s Port land has the potential to become a landmark development thanks to its geographic position in the city, blend of heritage, scenery and infrastructure. One of the corner stones for a successful urban redevelopment is a well planned and a transport plan that is integrated with all the available transport modes.

The Mumbai’s port lands is located in proximity to several major transport links including the, Suburban Railway, the recently inaugurated Eastern Freeway & Wadala – Chembur Monorail and the proposed Mumbai Trans Harbour Link and Metro corridors from Wadala to Thane and Colaba to SEEPZ. To best capture the benefits of this infrastructure it is essential that better and more efficient use of existing infrastructure by providing last mile connectivity is essential for Mumbai’s port lands success.

Figure 2:(C) Rahul Dalal - Existing and Proposed Transport Links in the Vicinity

1.1. Rail Transportation links1.1.1. Existing Suburban Railway

Reay Road station, Sandhurst Road, Cotton Green and Sewri Suburban Stations are within 3 km of the site. Proposed / Future transport links in vicinity.

1.1.2. Mumbai Monorail ProjectMumbai Port lands has close proximity to the new monorail system that is being implemented by MMRDA. Mono Rail carries 7,500 commuters per hour per direction and has the capacity to carry 1.5 to 2 lakh commuters daily. Many parts of the city, which are not connected by suburban rail system, or the Metro Rail will be connected by Monorail. Besides, Mono Rail will be connected to suburban rail system at Wadala, Curry Road and Chembur. Phase I of monorail system connects Wadala to Chembur over a route of 8.93 km. Phase II will connect Wadala to Sant Gadge




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Maharaj Chowk (Jacob circle) over a route of 11.20 km. The Mono Rail will be an efficient feeder transit system benefiting commuters and will offer efficient, safe, air-conditioned, comfortable and affordable public transport.

1.1.3. Proposed Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Colaba – Bandra – SEEPZ)Metro Line 3 is a 32.5 km fully underground alignment with 26 stations extending from Colaba in the South, passing through Fort, Worli, Dadar, BKC, Airport and terminating at SEEPZ in the North. Line 3 has interchange stations with the Central Railway at CST and Western Railway at Churchgate and Mumbai Central and Metro Line 1 at Marol Naka. The project is to be financed with Japan International Cooperation Agency loan assistance and state and central government funding. The loan agreement for the project has already been signed and it is expected that tenders for civil works will be awarded by the end of the year. The Mumbai’s portlands is located 3 km from both the CST and the Mahalaxmi Metro Line 3 stations.

1.1.4. Proposed Mumbai Metro Corridor between Wadala and ThaneThe previously proposed monorail corridor has now being planned as a metro corridor connecting Wadala and thane. The Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro line is likely to be extended to Wadala and neighbouring Thane to form a fourth route.

1.2. Roadway connections1.2.1. Existing Eastern Freeway

The recently inaugurated 16.8 km long 4 lane elevated Eastern Freeway connects P D’Mello Road in the South to the Eastern Express Highway at Ghatkopar. The Eastern Freeway is planned and designed to primarily reduce travel time between South Mumbai and the Eastern Suburbs. It also helps ease traffic on Dr. BR Ambedkar Road, Port Trust Road, P D’Mello Road, Mohammad Ali Road and the Eastern Express Highway. Approximately 22,000 vehicles use the Eastern Freeway daily. The Mumbai’s port lands are located approximately 200 m from the Reay Road Eastern Freeway ramp.

1.2.2. Proposed Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) MTHL is a proposed 22 km, Road Bridge connecting the island city of Mumbai with Navi Mumbai. The bridge will begin in Sewri, cross Thane Creek north of Elephanta Island and terminate at Chirle village, near Nhava Sheva. MTHL will be linked to the Mumbai Pune Expressway in the east.

MTHL is expected to reduce commuting time between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, and provides direct connectivity to Mumbai Port Trust, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Considering the high patronage of commuters to the express busses plying on the Eastern Freeway, the well-defined origin and destination pairs on either side of the bridge it is expected that when the MTHL becomes operational, MTHL bus routes will be added by BEST.The Mumbai’s portlands is located approximately 2 km from the MTHL.

1.3. Water waysMaharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Govt of Maharashtra proposes to establish “Inland Water Transport (Passenger and Ro-Ro services) System along the East Coast of Mumbai” which will connect Ferry Wharf to Nerul-Belapur and Ferry Wharf to Mandwa / Rewas. Three passenger water transport (PWT) terminals are proposed at Ferry-Wharf, Nerul and Mandwa situated along the east coast of Mumbai.1Therefore in this vision plan we have proposed further connectivity along the Eastern waterfront through nine passenger water transport

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terminals.

1.4. Bus ConnectionsFeeder bus services are designed to pick up passengers in a certain locality, and take them to a transfer point where they make an onward journey on a trunk service. This can be another bus, or a rail based service such. The capacity of a Feeder bus service with 3 min frequency is approximately 1,500 persons per hour.

BEST has a flexible bus operation system and are constantly modifying routes to best serve the city. Along the Metro Line 1 and Monorail, BEST is modifying its routes so as to act as a feeder service to the Metro and Monorail. These new feeder services have been quite successful in bringing passengers to the stations and its success can be witnessed in the reduced traffic congestion along the Andheri - Ghatkopar road.

Several bus services are operated on the Eastern Freeway, mostly connecting the Navi Mumbai and the Eastern suburbs with South Mumbai. BEST operates services from Cuffe Parade to Vashi, Mantralaya to Govandi, and Mantralaya to Shivaji Nagar, Mulund to Colaba, Ghatkopar to the Museum via the Eastern Freeway. BEST has stated that the Eastern Freeway saves travel time of at least 20 minutes, and ensures that buses are not delayed due to any traffic snarls as it bypasses crowded areas like Parel, Dadar and Sion.

Considering the connectivity provided by the MTHL, Metro Line 3 and Suburban Railway and the proximity of the Mumbai’s port lands to these transport links a feeder bus service would be an ideal mode of access to these mega transport links.

1.5. Pedestrian linkagesRaey Road Suburban Railway Station and the ramp for the access to the Eastern Freeway are located within walking distance of the development and can be easily accessed by foot from the Mumbai’s port lands. Considering the short distance, walk trips to these transport links should be encouraged. This can be achieved by creating a favourable environment for pedestrians by ensuring the following:

i. Footpaths of adequate widthii. Clearly defined pedestrian, furniture, and frontage zonesiii. Minimal obstaclesiv. Minimal protruding objectsv. Moderate grades and cross slopesvi. Rest areas outside of the pedestrian zonevii. Minimal changes in levelviii. Firm, stable, and slip resistant surfacesix. Good lightingx. Good signage




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1.6. Transit Oriented developmentA transit-oriented development (TOD) is a mixed-use residential and commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport, and incorporates features to encourage transit ridership. A TOD neighbourhood typically has a centre with a transit station or stops, surrounded by relatively high-density development.

The State and Central Government have recognized the benefits of TODs and are actively encouraging urban local bodies to include TOD as part of the development plans and as part of project development schemes. The Government of India is mandating that a significant portion of project finance be generated through property / commercial development. For funding future transit projects in Mumbai the State Government is proposing to create an Urban Transit Fund, which will be funded through the incentive FSI and development charges in TOD areas.

As per the Comprehensive Transport Study carried out by MMRDA, 75% of Mumbai residents use public transport as their primary mode of travel. Despite not having a TOD plan or incentives for development in the vicinity of transport hubs, due to market forces, areas around MRT stations and major bus stops have high-density developments. This can be witnessed in the spurt of development along the Metro Line 1 & Monorail corridors and the spike in property values since their implementation.

Mumbai is a city that is proven to be receptive to the TOD concept. Considering the MTHL and Metro Line 3 projects are in the vicinity of the Mumbai’s port lands, it is an ideal location/area to be taken up for TOD.

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2. Human Scale Development

Proposed development will include guidelines for each of the following to ensure a human friendly environment, not only for the residents but also for the visitors.

• Building Orientation and Set Back: Climate responsive, pedestrian friendly. Vehicular entrances should not restrict pedestrian access points. Set backs and street edge should ensure lively and vibrant street character, avoid conditions where there are no eyes on the street after dark, reduce unsafe and insecure areas.

• Building Height: Allow daylight, shade where necessary, proportionate to the street width, to ensure definition to the street and a better walking experience.

• Building width: Percentage of building street front, distances between buildings to ensure comfortable scale for a person walking adjacent to a plot.

• Block Length: short block lengths, network of local streets, alleys for pedestrian dominant streets.

• Building scale and variety: Create urban character and promote street identity. Scale of the building should be visualized from the footpaths adjoining the building to ensure human scale and qualitative spaces along streets.

• Building entries: Improve connectivity. Provide entry points for pedestrians as well as connect adjacent thoroughfares. Provide secondary service alleys to ensure pleasant street frontage and efficient services for all businesses.

Multi-modal StreetsIntroducing the concept of multi-modal streets, the Plan articulates a street hierarchy that is humane in scale and allows for equitable space for pedestrians, bicycles, public transit (buses), and private vehicles.

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3. Employability & Entrepreneurship :

Opening up Mumbai’s Port lands provides a vast opportunity to boost the local economy. Mumbaikars are fundamentally entrepreneurial and innovative. However the rising cost of real estate and the lack of a conducive eco-system for entrepreneurs has driven many entrepreneurial Mumbaikars out of our city. We need to replace the factories and warehouses of years with Innovation clusters and Incubation spaces. This vision plan lays out a road map to do so.

4. Social Infrastructure

Mumbai’s Port Lands will be proposed as a socially vibrant space not only for the residents but also for the visitors. Social infrastructure will need to be incorporated in the master plan for the area to ensure that all strata of the society have a common ground for relaxation, enjoyment and learning.

Public amenities like schools, entertainment centres, fitness centres, workshop and meeting spaces, open play areas for all ages, hospitals and medical centres have therefore been proposed in this vision plan through the Port Lands neighbourhoods.

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With new development planned on the port lands, the existing infrastructure in the area will need to be upgraded for future population demand. Smart infrastructure needs to be made available for

• Water supply• Sewage• Waste water management• Solid Waste management• Alternative transit modes• Recycling• Internet and entertainment• Wireless and telecom connectivity

Each of these areas will need to be worked out with expert consultants to better understand the future demands of the proposed population. The design should also be sensitive to weather and must provide flexibility for future upgrades. Smart infrastructure design should consider access points at regular intervals for maintenance and servicing. Design should aim for efficient, time saving and cost reducing operations and maintenance. A proper planning and design of these provisions are critical to maintain least disruptions in traffic and pedestrian movement, along with reducing noise and air pollution.

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Sustainable living is the application of sustainable ethics into lifestyle choices. Sustainable living philosophy is to understand our impact on the city and its carrying capacities and to take appropriate decisions that fit within the given constraints.

Proposed planning of Mumbai port lands will embrace the ideals of sustainable design and development principles, which are crucial factors for sustainable living. The project will acknowledge the existing burden on the city to meet the food demand, transit demand, waste management, water supply, and healthy living environment. The proposal encourages the users to make the right choices in terms of commuting, food choices, waste management and water and electricity usage.

Smart and sustainable commutingAir and noise pollution levels, and city’s carbon emissions numbers keep increasing, as Mumbai experiences more cars everyday on its roads. It is evident that adding more roads will not reduce the pollution levels. Limited land availability is an added constraint. The project hence encourages the use of alternative public transit options. Proximity to bus routes, multiple area connectivity, multi-modal commuting options will help limit road traffic. Effective signage and information on commuting options will be included to make sure the available transit options are used efficiently. Pay and park meters will restrict the number of car trips for short travel distances. Provision of car sharing, shuttles and taxi stands will instead allow more people to move locally.

Solid Waste Management:As city population rises, more and more land is needed for garbage disposal. To tackle this ongoing waste management problem, the project will provide for local recycling centers to handle paper, metals, glass, cardboard, and other dry waste will be allocated within every neighbourhood. A network of waste management organization will be made available to the community, in order to develop competitive and efficient waste management and divert recyclable waste from going to dumping grounds. Financial incentives for recycling will also be promoted. Proper handling and storage will ensure that the waste does not spill over on common areas like open public grounds, roads and footpaths. Multiple waste bins to sort wet and dry garbage on streets will be provided at short intervals. The household organic and compostable garbage will be collected and composted locally. Sustainable waste management on site will also increase employability and generate revenue. All new and existing development will be required to include waste sorting and storing facility to manage waste.

Figure 7: © Studio POD

Urban farming:The proposed development will encourage local and organic urban farming, composting and recycling, community participation. The design will allow space for residents and businesses to adopt urban farming on their properties. The design will also provide for collective farming opportunities within


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With new development planned on the port lands, the existing infrastructure in the area will need to be upgraded for future population demand. Smart infrastructure needs to be made available for

• Water supply• Sewage• Waste water management• Solid Waste management• Alternative transit modes• Recycling• Internet and entertainment• Wireless and telecom connectivity

Each of these areas will need to be worked out with expert consultants to better understand the future demands of the proposed population. The design should also be sensitive to weather and must provide flexibility for future upgrades. Smart infrastructure design should consider access points at regular intervals for maintenance and servicing. Design should aim for efficient, time saving and cost reducing operations and maintenance. A proper planning and design of these provisions are critical to maintain least disruptions in traffic and pedestrian movement, along with reducing noise and air pollution.






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neighbourhoods to ensure diligence in nurturing of the crops. Additional community meet up spaces will also be included in programming to allow for various local initiatives to connect with the city residents and further the aim of sustainable living. By providing the rich manure soil from local composting pits to the urban farms, project aims to create synergy between waste and food management strategies. The urban farms can be located either on individual balconies and terraces or in community farming gardens. The produce from these farms can then be distributed back to the community. This will also aim at added employability. Various urban farming initiatives already exist in Mumbai. The project will collaborate with all to develop a stable urban farming initiative.

Figure 8: © Urban LeavesImage Source: (urbanleaves.org)

One such urban farming initiative is called Urban Leaves. Preeti Patil, an MbPT employer started this initiative to support people to create urban farms and community gardening. Urban Leaves continues to collaborate with different individuals and groups is encouraged by the growth of 5 more community urban farms in Mumbai.

Sustainable Water Management:Mumbai today faces heavy water shortage problems. Mumbai’s water supply per day is now about 3,450 million liters, with a demand gap of at least 400 million. Experts have predicted these to aggravate as the population keeps increasing. It is crucial for Mumbaikars to understand the water crisis and adapt more efficient ways of using water. MCGM also promotes precautionary measures of changing our habits of using water and developing alternate sources like reuse of water, recycling, desalination & rainwater harvesting. Rainwater harvesting has been mandated for all new development. The project will follow this mandate not just for the applicable land parcels, but extend it to the entire Port lands site. Local decentralized waste water treatment units will be proposed through the Port lands site. In addition the project will adopt use of water conserving fixtures, use of water meters and provide dashboards at multiple locations to illustrate the water use for different parcels in public areas. The proposed development will provide infrastructure for reuse of grey water for flushing, irrigation and landscaping.

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7. A Healthy City

The proposed redevelopment of Port Lands should aim to provide the city with much needed open spaces for a healthy and fit living environment. An open access for all to the proposed network of open spaces and social infrastructure amenities for fitness, health and well-being are important. Nature trails, bicycling and walking friendly places are encouraged throughout the site. Access to the waterfront for relaxation and stress free lifestyle is also at the core of the proposed development. By providing more trees throughout the site, and by reducing car traffic and promoting walking, cycling and non motorized transit, cleaner and fresh air will help overcoming many health problems.


8. Nature and Natural Resources

The proposed Port Lands re-development will work with nature to bring people outdoors and connect to nature, increase biodiversity, and boost eco-tourism. 1. Climate response:

All outdoor spaces should be designed with climatic considerations in mind. Human comfort will be a critical factor in designing of trees, shade, choice of materials, and infrastructure system to effectively deal with water and heat.

2: Biodiversity:The Port Lands re-development should encourage Native vegetation and tree foliage. The rich biodiversity that exists on several areas of Port Lands should be preserved and enhanced. Human intervention should be strategic and sensitive to the biodiversity requirements.

3. Native vegetationAll landscaping should maintain native vegetation, and work towards preserving existing foliage. Tree

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roots, and growth needs should be considered while laying out paving for foot paths and roads.

4. Productive landscapes: Support / create food friendly neighborhoods/ Urban FarmingNative food crops, and plants should be promoted through urban farming.

5. Nature trails and eco-tourismOpen space network on the Port Lands re-development site should provide ample opportunities to be closer to nature and adventure recreation. At the same time, it will ensure preservation of such naturaltrails. Eco tourism especially through the Sewri eco park will also be a focus to boost the local economy.

6. Materials and SurfacesUse of salvaged and local materials should be promoted. In particular. the conversion of concrete demolition waste material, that is currently being dumped on endangered mangroves, should be converted into granular sub-base for road construction.





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UDPFI GuidelinesAnnexure 3

Urban Development Plan formation & implementation (UDPfi) Guidelines

Annexure 3Please Refer to the Website : http://mhupa.gov.in/ For Detailed Guidelines

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Facility Criteria Area/Unit (Sqm.) Remarks

Unit per Population Served

COMMERCIAL

Community Centre with Service Centre 1 100,000 50,000.00 Add each with a Petrol Pump

District Centre 1 1 for 125,000 to 500,000 75,000.00 -

Informal Shopping (Weekly Market) 1 100,000 4,000.00 -

Food Plaza (Organized Informal Sector Eating Place 1 100,000 2,000.00 -

Hotels 1 each for Distirct Centre 8,000.00

Guest House 1 each for Community Centres 2,000.00

Retail 20,000.00

Cinema/Theatre/Multiplex 2 per town 5000

Offices (Service Industries)

Banks 1 100,000 2,500.00 -

Petrol Pump/Stations

i) In Residential Area One for 150 Ha of gross Residential Area 3,800.00 -

ii) In District Centres Two in District Centre 3,800.00 -

iii) In Community Centres One in each Community Centre 3,800.00 -

Total

EDUCATIONAL

Pre-Primary, Nursery School/Kindergarden 1 2,500 800 -

Primary School (I to V) 1 5,000 2,000.00 Student Strength 500

Senior Secondary School (VI to XII) 1 7,500 6,000.00 Student Strength 500

Integrated School without Hostel 1 100,000 7,000.00 Student Strength 1500

Integrated School with Hostel 1 100,000 7,000.00 Student Strength 1000

School for Physically challenged 1 45,000 2,000.00 Student Strength 400

College 1 per town or at least 125,000 40,000.00 Student Strength 1000 to 1500

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University - - 600,000.00Management, IT, ITES, BPO, KPO, Med. Transcription, FilmInstitute, Foreign Trade, etc.

i) Academic, Incl. Administartion (@ of 45% of Site) - 270,000.00

ii) Residential (@ of 25% of Site) - 150,000.00

iii) Sports & Cultural Activities (@ 15 of Site) - 90,000.00

iv) Parks & Landscape (@ 15% of site) - 90,000.00

Total

AMENITY SPACES

Convenient Shopping / Housing Cluster 1 5000 1,500.00

Local Shopping Centre/Sector Centre with Service C 1 15000 4,600.00

Community Room 1 5,000 660 -

Community Hall and Library 1 15,000 2,000.00 -

Recreational Club/Centre 1 100,000 10,000.00 -

Music, Dance and Drama Centre 1 100,000 1,000.00 -

Meditation and Spiritual Centre 1 100,000 5,000.00 -

Working Women Hostel and Others 1 100,000 5,000.00 -

Museum and Art Gallery 1 per town upto 500000 20000 -

Auditorium 1 per town 10000 -

Central Library 1 per town 15000 -

Science Centre 1 per town 20000 -

Town\Administrative Centre 1 per town 35000 -

Public Conveniences As per Site Situation & locations

Sports Complex-City Level 1 Town/City Level 30000 -

Swimming Pool Complex 1 20000 -

Indoor Stadium 1 per Town 30000 -

Town Hall 1 per Town 20000 -

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Health Club/Gymnasium 1 100,000 3,000.00 -

Youth Center 1 10,000.00 -

Total

HEALTH FACILITIES

Dispensary 1 15,000 800 10 beds

Nursing, Child and Maternity 1 100,000 2,000.00 25 to 30 beds

Polyclinic 1 100,000 2,000.00 20 beds

Intermediate Hospital (Category B) 1 100,000 10,000.00 80 beds

Intermediate Hospital (Category A) 1 100,000 37,000.00 200 beds

General Hospital 1 250,000 60,000.00 500 beds

Multi-Speciality Hospital 1 100,000 90,000.00 200 beds

Super-Speciality Hospital 1 100,000 37,000.00 200 beds

Total

PARKS, GARDENS & PLAY GROUNDS

Residential Unit Play Area 1 5000 5000 -

Neighborhood Park 1 15000 15000 -

District Park-Cum-Sports Centre 1 100000 100000 -

Town/City Park 1 Per Town 100000 Town/City Level

Botanical Garden 1 Per Town 100000 Town/City Level

Zoological Garden 1 Per Town 100000 Town/City Level

Golf Course 1 Per Town 870000 Town/City Level

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PUBLIC UTILITIES

Electric Sub-Stations

i) 11 KV Sub-Station 1 15000 500 -

ii) 66 KV Sub-Station 1 100000 6000 -

iii) 220 KV Sub-Station 1 500000 400000 -

Water Works including Reserviors

Sewage Treatment Plant & Pumping Stations 1 1000000 200000

Garbage/Solid Waste Collection & Disposal

Drainage Pumping Stations

Laundry Services (Dhobi Ghat) 1 100000 5000

Electric Crematorium 1 Per Town 20000

Post Office Counter 1 15000 85

Head PO with Delivery Office 1 250000 750

Police Station 1 90000 15,000.00 Incl. of Home Guards & Civil Defence

Fire Station 1 200000 10,000.00

CNG Filling Stations - - 1,080.00

Milk Booth 1 5,000 150

LPG Godown 1 50,000 520

Total

Transport & Communications

Three Wheller/Taxi Stands 1 15000 500

Bus Depot 1 500000 20000

Bus Terminal (Local) 1 100000 4000

Carrier Hotels & Nodes (Communication)Telcos/Celcos, ISPs, VSAT, TVRO, Microwave Links, IT &Tecommunications Systems.

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COMMERCIAL

Community Centre with Service Centre 1 100,000 50,000.00 Add each with a Petrol Pump

District Centre 1 1 for 125,000 to 500,000 75,000.00 -

Informal Shopping (Weekly Market) 1 100,000 4,000.00 -

Food Plaza (Organized Informal Sector Eating Place 1 100,000 2,000.00 -

Hotels 1 each for Distirct Centre 8,000.00

Guest House 1 each for Community Centres 2,000.00

Retail 20,000.00

Cinema/Theatre/Multiplex 2 per town 5000

Offices (Service Industries)

Banks 1 100,000 2,500.00 -

Petrol Pump/Stations

i) In Residential Area One for 150 Ha of gross Residential Area 3,800.00 -

ii) In District Centres Two in District Centre 3,800.00 -

iii) In Community Centres One in each Community Centre 3,800.00 -

Total

EDUCATIONAL

Pre-Primary, Nursery School/Kindergarden 1 2,500 800 -

Primary School (I to V) 1 5,000 2,000.00 Student Strength 500

Senior Secondary School (VI to XII) 1 7,500 6,000.00 Student Strength 500

Integrated School without Hostel 1 100,000 7,000.00 Student Strength 1500

Integrated School with Hostel 1 100,000 7,000.00 Student Strength 1000

School for Physically challenged 1 45,000 2,000.00 Student Strength 400

College 1 per town or at least 125,000 40,000.00 Student Strength 1000 to 1500

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University - - 600,000.00Management, IT, ITES, BPO, KPO, Med. Transcription, FilmInstitute, Foreign Trade, etc.

i) Academic, Incl. Administartion (@ of 45% of Site) - 270,000.00

ii) Residential (@ of 25% of Site) - 150,000.00

iii) Sports & Cultural Activities (@ 15 of Site) - 90,000.00

iv) Parks & Landscape (@ 15% of site) - 90,000.00

Total

AMENITY SPACES

Convenient Shopping / Housing Cluster 1 5000 1,500.00

Local Shopping Centre/Sector Centre with Service C 1 15000 4,600.00

Community Room 1 5,000 660 -

Community Hall and Library 1 15,000 2,000.00 -

Recreational Club/Centre 1 100,000 10,000.00 -

Music, Dance and Drama Centre 1 100,000 1,000.00 -

Meditation and Spiritual Centre 1 100,000 5,000.00 -

Working Women Hostel and Others 1 100,000 5,000.00 -

Museum and Art Gallery 1 per town upto 500000 20000 -

Auditorium 1 per town 10000 -

Central Library 1 per town 15000 -

Science Centre 1 per town 20000 -

Town\Administrative Centre 1 per town 35000 -

Public Conveniences As per Site Situation & locations

Sports Complex-City Level 1 Town/City Level 30000 -

Swimming Pool Complex 1 20000 -

Indoor Stadium 1 per Town 30000 -

Town Hall 1 per Town 20000 -

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Sports

Core Activity Population served 1 per Site Area required Remarks

Indoor Provision -

Sports Complex / centre 1 100000 60008 x badminton, or 2 x basketball, or 2 x volleyball, 2 x tennis + 3 xSquash Courst, 1 x Activity / Dance, 1 x FitnessTraining

Leisure Centre 1 100000 6000 2 x tennis

Sports Ground/ Complex 1 250000 30000

400m track (all weather), grass infield for athletics (field events),seating capacity for about 10 000 spectators in standard designedsports ground

Swimming Pool Complex 1 250000 20000 Usually with pools of 50m and/or 25m long*

Leisure Pool 1 1 Per Neighbourhood 6000 In addition to swimming pool complex*

Outdoor Provision - 1

Tennis1 1 12500 - 4 courts in a cluster

Basketball1&2 1 25000 - 2 courts in a cluster

Volleyball1 1 50000 - 2 courts in a cluster

Cricket Full Size 1 250000 12000- Football pitches within sports grounds do not count towardsstandard due to their inaccessibility to the general public

Mini- Cricket Areas 1 25000 4000Shared with Soccer, Field Hockey in a cluster of 2 grounds 60m x40m

Mini-Soccer 7-a-side3 1 25000 4000Shared with Soccer, Field Hockey in a cluster of 2 grounds 60m x40m

Rugby/Baseball/Soccer 1 1 per Neighbourhood - To be accommodated in multi-purpose grass pitches

Athletics 1 250000 - To be accommodated in sports ground/sports complex

Roller Skating 1 50000 300

Jogging Track 1 25000 1000- May be provided in district open space or as part of pedestriancirculation system

Childrens' Playground2 1 5000 400

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Core Activity Population served 1 per Site Area required Remarks

Indoor Provision -

Sports Complex / centre 1 100000 60008 x badminton, or 2 x basketball, or 2 x volleyball, 2 x tennis + 3 xSquash Courst, 1 x Activity / Dance, 1 x FitnessTraining

Leisure Centre 1 100000 6000 2 x tennis

Sports Ground/ Complex 1 250000 30000

400m track (all weather), grass infield for athletics (field events),seating capacity for about 10 000 spectators in standard designedsports ground

Swimming Pool Complex 1 250000 20000 Usually with pools of 50m and/or 25m long*

Leisure Pool 1 1 Per Neighbourhood 6000 In addition to swimming pool complex*

Outdoor Provision - 1

Tennis1 1 12500 - 4 courts in a cluster

Basketball1&2 1 25000 - 2 courts in a cluster

Volleyball1 1 50000 - 2 courts in a cluster

Cricket Full Size 1 250000 12000- Football pitches within sports grounds do not count towardsstandard due to their inaccessibility to the general public

Mini- Cricket Areas 1 25000 4000Shared with Soccer, Field Hockey in a cluster of 2 grounds 60m x40m

Mini-Soccer 7-a-side3 1 25000 4000Shared with Soccer, Field Hockey in a cluster of 2 grounds 60m x40m

Rugby/Baseball/Soccer 1 1 per Neighbourhood - To be accommodated in multi-purpose grass pitches

Athletics 1 250000 - To be accommodated in sports ground/sports complex

Roller Skating 1 50000 300

Jogging Track 1 25000 1000- May be provided in district open space or as part of pedestriancirculation system

Childrens' Playground2 1 5000 400

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UDPFI GuidelinesAnnexure 3

Enabling framework for Redevelopment of Mumbai’s Port Lands

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