IndiaSpend's video: Mumbai Housing And Urban Planning Part 1 Saving Mumbai IndiaSpend

On Part 1 of this episode of Saving Mumbai focussing on real estate, housing and urban planning, senior journalist Varun Singh talks to veteran housing expert Chandrashekhar Prabhu about real estate in Mumbai, how policy and practice are divergent, the Mumbai metro and much more. (00:00) Intro (01:07) What is Mumbai? A little history (03:00) Bandra and Mumbai (04:00) Annexing areas for real estate (05:45) Mumbai Metropolitan Region (09:00) ‘Mumbai’ is a brand for Real Estate Cons (10:00) Politically Connected Builders (13:04) The process of strangulation of Mumbai (13:38) Mumbai can only grow in one direction (17:00) The Irony of Nariman Point (19:50) Policy vs Practice (Commercialisation, decongestion, and more) (23:05) How policy is used for ill-gotten gains (24:50) The commercialisation of the Mills (27:10) Bandra-Worli Sea Link (28:26) Metro 1 (Ghatkopar to Versova) (30:50) False justifications (31:40) Economics of the Mumbai Metro (33:20) Who uses the Metro? (36:00) Presenting to the Govt of India (39:15) To Be Continued….(End of Part 1) IndiaSpend tells data-led, evidence-based stories in public interest. We need you to support our journalism: Tweet us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KWU0bh Share our stories on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2JmXHDT Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2PdMxV0 To subscribe to our newsletter, please visit: www.indiaspend.com