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| Mumbai-Gateway Of India |
As far as my post goes, my favourite city is Mumbai and shall always be. The reasons? Well, you don’t ask a Mumbaikar the reason why he loves Mumbai. Anyways, let me explain it to you in three broad aspects.
I. Design
Mumbai is a mix of Gothic, Victorian, Art-Deco, Indo-Saracen and contemporary architectural styles. It is second largest city having Art-Deco buildings. Regal and Eros cinema are good examples of them. The Mumbai architecture comes from the British roots in 18th and early 19th century.
The Gateway of India, one of the most important monuments is 85 ft high and is primarily based on Islamic architecture. It is made from yellow basalt and is majestic in its appearance.
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| CST Railway Station |
The CST railway station and Elephanta caves are declared as world Heritage sites. Mumbai also boasts of forts like Panhala, Vasai Fort and caves like Elephanta and Kanheri, all amidst the hustling 24*7 busy city.
II. Drive
Mumbai has expanded, rather developed far and wide today. It has vehicles on road, ferries and boats in water, trains in railways, Metro and magnificent planes as a part of connectivity.
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| Mumbai locals |
Mumbai’s new projects include a 5600m long sea link which connects Bandra to Worli and is costing to whopping 16 billion INR. It reduces time from 60-9- minutes to 6-8 minutes sharp. It is also India’s first 8 lane freeway. It is said that the cables used are approximately the circumference of the entire Earth!
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| Bandra-Worli Sealink |
III. Connect
Mumbai is well connected by Railways and Highways. Also new projects like Mumbai Metro, Mumbai Monorail, eastern freeway, Santacruz-Chembur Link road, and Sahara elevated access road will change the face of connectivity in Mumbai. Given its 11.98 million population, these are not only the need but the urgent requirement for smooth to and fro in the city.
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| Highways |
The Mumbai locals are the heart of mumbaikars and they experience 2.2 billion passengers every year. Certainly amazing
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| The magnificent Marine Drive |
Mumbai is the financial capital of the country and also where the Bollywood comes from. ‘A city of dreams’ to ‘the city which never sleeps’, there have been various quotes about Mumbai which was earlier known as Bombay. Some people also say Bombay is an emotion and Mumbai is a city.
This is a city which can make you a star in the now 100cr movies if you have talent irrespective of where you come from. It can give you luxurious 2BHK from a street side hut. Mumbai named after Mumba-Aai, is more like its name, like a mother who gives shelter and food to one and all. Here every corner has a story. It definitely believes in work hard and party harder. You have the famous Vada-Paav to the romantic Marine drive.
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| Mumbai-A city that never sleeps |
And most importantly, the people who make it the city it is, proud MUMBAIKAR.
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All mentioned facts and content are referred from Wikipedia and Google search results.
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