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Navi Mumbai: Retrofitting a “planned” city

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

In some sense, Navi Mumbai is just another suburb of Mumbai, but in some other ways, Navi Mumbai is the solution to Mumbai’s problems. Navi Mumbai has a mandate to attract persons from Mumbai and reduce the congestion and over-crowding there. But to achieve that, it needs to make the daily trip to work cheaper and less time-consuming. Continue reading →

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