Mumbai, India’s Transforming MEGACITY

Mumbai, India’s Transforming MEGACITY Five transportation megaprojects are under construction throughout Mumbai, a city of 25 million. This short documentary explores each piece of infrastructure and the larger goal of transforming Mumbai, India’s entertainment and financial capital, into a powerful megaregion by the middle of the century. The megaprojects: Mumbai Metro, Coastal Road, Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor flyover, Trans Harbour Link, and Navi Mumbai International Airport. Subscribe to TDC: Video Journalist/Cinematographer - Jayant Parashar Journalist Jane Borges Kurush Dalal Key research links: Why Mumbai has slums RE-ENVISIONING CITIES - Urban Design in Practise P K Das Lecture Megacity from slums to skyscrapers - DW Metropolis by Ben Wilson Mumbai Map Explained Mumbai Metropolitan Region The Massive Coastal Road That’s Dividing Mumbai Quoted video sources: Metro and Coastal road construction Trans Harbour Link Video clip sources Mumbai, BMC: @MyBMCMyMumbai Mumbai local train crowd @suyogexplore Trans Harbour Drone @Imdroneman Mumbai walking tour @keeziwalks Container port @apmterminals Mazagon Dock submarine builders Mumbai walking streets @LADmob Mumbai 1973 How to build a subway in a crowded city Making of Mumbai’s first underground metro Metro New Lines Tunnel Boring Machine breakthrough Metro Line 3 walkthrough Trial run first underground metro Metro line 3 drone shots Mumbai traffic and tuk tuk rickshaw drivers Drive in Bandra Oval Maidan aerial Coastal road drone and animations Coastal road Sanjay Ghandi National Park Tearing down Seattle’s Alaskan Viaduct Seattle drive into tunnel Dharavi slum inside look Trans harbour link Navi Mumbai airport Planes Boat ride at Gorai creek This is Mumbai, the transforming megacity. Surrounded by the Arabian sea, Mumbai - which means “mother” in Marathi, the local language - is the heart of the state of Maharashtra. Narendra Modi 0:00 Welcome to Mumbai 0:37 Origins of the Megacity 1:58 Port of Mumbai 2:25 Immigration overwhelms infrastructure 3:30 Mumbai Metro 6:30 City layout 7:08 Coastal road 9:30 Seri-Worli connector 10:17 Trans Harbour Link 10:53 Navi Mumbai International Airport 11:11 Mumbai Metropolitan Region 11:52 The tradeoffs to development: preserving Gorai