APLI Mumbai : A Citizens Vision Plan – Opportunity Mumbai: Redeveloping the PortLands for a liveable Mumbai

We believe that the Mumbai Port Trust redevelopment offers a great opportunity to ensure that Mumbai regains its place as a thriving city .The success of a city in the 21st century is going to be determined by the human capital that it is able to attract and nurture. Cities today are competing for the best talent that can augment the productivity of their economy. If Mumbai fail to provide a good quality of life to its people ; at some point you will see exodus of smart people which will be highly detrimental to the city’s economy.
Of the total holding by Mumbai Port Trust of 734 ha, the land available for development is approximately 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-devlop 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.
This paper sets out a citizens’ vision for the re-development of Mumbai’s Port Lands. Our plans integrate the Port lands, with the adjacent city areas of Sewri, Lalbaug, Byculla, Mazagon,Dongri and Bhendi Bazaar, and provide citizens much needed public amenities and 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. Citizens Inputs is Key to this processs. Please share your ideas below. 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 . We will share the Citizen inputs with all of you from time to time. Please do share your inputs below or email them to Apliportlands (@) gmail.com