Peddar Road View (Image Courtesy shlokmedia)

Peddar road is one of the alight location which is quite near to Altamount road and connects south of Mumbai to suburbs. MSRDC proposed cities longest flyover of 4.6 km to help easy traffic movement, but since the local residents protested against the same the flyover project of peddar road was on halt. With local protesters there were MCZMA (Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority) which is a government identity who takes care of environmental regulations, there was our famous legendary singer ‘Lata Mangeshkar’ who protested.

Finally it is said that now the flyover project will begin soon which will not interrupt Girgaum chowpatty and will be longest starting from L L Marg which is at Haji Ali to Marine Drive near G B Pant Marg overriding 10 traffic signals taking a delicate turn at Tambe Chowk which is near Wilson college and will be speed limited to 25 kilometer per hour there.

This biggest flyover of peddar road will cost about 205 crores approximately with helping commuters travel easy.

• Bandra Worli Sea Link : Also called BWSL project which is one of the major and most beautiful first sea link of Mumbai streaching 4.7 kms and already operational connecting Bandra and Worli saving time of commuters.

Bandra Worli Sea Link

• Worli Haji Ali – Sea Link : An Already proposed, planned and yet to begin sea link project is the second major link that connects Bandra Worli link to Haji Ali Location. The length of Worli Haji Ali sea link will be 3.3 km in sea and is also part of  ‘Western Freeway Sea Link’ project which targets connecting Bandra to Nariman Point. The base cost of this bridge is approximately Rs.1120 crores. This project will be built by ‘Reliance Infrastructure-Hyundai Consortium’
• Haji Ali – Nariman Point Sea Link : The Third and the final sea link of about the biggest length of 10.9 kms planning to have underground tunnel from Haji Ali to Priyadarshini Park and from there a 800 meter tunnel to Tambe Chowk via Malabar Hill and  from Tambe Chowk to Marine Drive sea link reaching Nariman Point finally. This will the biggest sea link of Mumbai and will be the final 3rd face of Western freeway Sea link project. The project costing is about 6000 crores.

Old Mills in Mumbai

A Brief History

• 1854 was the year when Mumbai got its first mill called ‘Bombay Spinning Mill’ famous for producing Cotton textiles to be exported to Britain.
• By 1870 there were about 13 mills and by 1875 total count of mills in Mumbai was about 70 which still went up to 83 by 1915.
• South Mumbai was the place selected to Major mill business which still has lots of old mills and industries which are now closed. Famous mill locations are Lower Parel, Parel, Lalbaug, Byculla.
• In 1982 about 2.5 laks mill workers went on strike againts ‘Bombay Mill Owner Association’ with leader ‘Datta Samant’ demanding wage increase.
• In 1991, State government announced Development Control Rule 58 which stated, Mill lands could be sold to others with some terms and conditions applied.
• National Textiles Corporation (NTC) is one which had about 25 mills owned in the city which started selling few mills to private businesses in 2005. And in 2006 Supreme court said that the sale of mills was legal and changes to the rules for developing mills was valid.
• Now in 2010 NTC made decision to start 3 of the old Mills which will help Mill workers for bread butter. Name and locations of same are ‘Tata Mills at Hindmata’, ‘India United Mills Number 5 at Kalachowkie’ & Podar mills at Chinchpokli.

Name of Some Mills in History of Mumbai

Zenzi Mill, Finlay mill at parel, Kohinoor 1 and 2 mill at Dadar, Phoenix mill, Madhusudan Mills at Worli, India United no.6 at Dadar, Kamla Mill, Jam at Lalbaug, Sitaram, Podar Processing and Bharat Mill located at Worli, Dawn Mill, Sri Ram Mills, Tata Mills, Podar Mills, Bombay Spinning mill, Digvijay mills, The Khatau Mill at byculla, Jupiter mill, India United no.4 at Kalachowkie, Kohinoor Mill.

Latest about Mumbai Mills and Workers

There is ‘Girni Kamgaar Sangharsh Samiti’ which is an organization which fights on behalf of Mill workers for there land and work as till date this workers stay in 100 sq ft houses in group of 8 to 10 workers adjusting as they work in shifts. The main location belt of Mills is Worli to Byculla area. People are demanding Mills back for wages and survival with the home near in same location. Government is taking steps and has announced 3 old mills to be re-opened and more to be started soon.

Note : Some of facts and figures are collected from leading news papers.

About 11000 mumbaiites were running half marathon and 22000 for dream run during year 2010 which also had a refreshing bandra worli sea link opened for half and full marathon including 1800 senior citizens and 150 participants for wheel chair events. Individuals, NGO’s and Corporate companies all support the excitement and take part to cheer others in fraternity.

Arrangements and Help Assistance During Mumbai Marathon

• 2 Helicopters.
• 500 volunteers for helps and guiding.
• Around 27 water stations if you are thirsty during run with 1.11 lakhs liters of water ready
• 8 emergency ambulances.
• 12 medical stations with 50 doctors having about 125 assistants.
• Mumbai Traffic police ready and alerts.
• Strong security on run way.

How long is Marathon run ?

• Dream run (Full Marathon) – 42 Km in Distance, From CST station to Lilavati Hospital (Bandra) and Return.
• Half Marathon – 21 km in Distance, Starting from Lilavati Hospital (Bandra) and ends at CST station.
• Wheelchair Events – 2.5 km.
• Senior Citizen – 4.3 km
• Dream run – 6 km

Start Timings (2010 event)

• Full Marathon (Not Competing For Prize Money) : 6:45 am.
• Half Marathon : Starting at 6:45 am
• Full Marathon (People Competing For Prize Money) : 7:40 am
• Wheelchair Events : Starting at 7:50 am
• Senior Citizen run : 8:05 am
• Dream Run : 9:10 am

Marathon Route Road Map

Mumbai Marathon Road Map

Marathon Runner Statistics from 2004 to 2010

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