Mumbai is a safer city for women to live in !
Behold, one single incident cannot be derived to say that Mumbai is not safe. The ugly face of Mumbai’s social morality toward women has taken shape when two NRI girls were molested by a mob on New Year’s Eve. Policy makers long boasted the idea of developing Mumbai as a Financial Center on the lines of Shanghai, lest the dark side that Mumbai they brought out. Shanghai has been considered a model to follow the footsteps of Chinese capitalism by Indian policy makers who think that one day, Mumbai will look very much like what Shanghai looks today. Indeed Mumbai is the financial center in India and it needs rapid infrastructure developments and civic ammenities to boost its image as an IFC in the South Asian Region. But being forefront of molestation is not the agenda for a better Mumbai! Most of the financial houses and the wealth of India are concentrated in Mumbai, but the crumbling infrastructure the recent incidents have marred the image yet again what Mumbaikar’s would have expected to compete somewhere near with Shanghai.
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It is true that Shanghai scores better in every respect than Mumbai except the film industry. Shanghai also has the world’s first commercial Maglev operation, running nearly at a speed of 450km/hr on a 21 km stretch connecting the Pudong airport to the city. Recent developments in Shanghai have been tremendous with Pudong BD and commercial district being carved out off land reclamed from the sea. The Pudong skyline by Whangpou river is also one of the most beautiful glittering night views dazzling on the bund constantly competing with Hong Kong to reign as the Global Financial Center. Shanghai is also the world's busiest port. But Shanghai’s attitude to foreigner’s and desis have been remarkable, friendly and warm, in contrast to what we have noticed in Mumbai. But inspite of all these, Mumbai is a lovable city to live, enjoy the life and the breeze, the glamour world of Bollywood and much more. Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of Asia, an is also one of the world's top 10 centers of commerce in terms of global financial flow, according to wikepedia. But all this efforts needs to be backed up by effective administration, good morality and sensibility. There were in fact some people who even tried to help the NRI girls from within the rowdy mob , showing off a contrasting humanitarian mindset amidst the shameful and barbarian act.
Some Facts comparing Mumbai to Shanghai: Mumbai -- Pop. 19 million Area 603 sqkm Market Cap US$1.6 trillion (10th largest) Transport - Suburban Rail, Bus, Auto, Taxi etc. Shanghai-- Pop. 16.7 million Area 6119 sqkm (Market Cap) US$2.38 trillion (5th Largest) Transport-Bus lines,(One of the largest in the world with 1000 lines, Maglev, taxi, Metro . Source-Wikipedia |
In some ways, Shanghai is far ahead of Mumbai and in reality, it might be a difficult target for Mumbai to catch up or even compare itself with a city like Shenzhen or Singapore, lest not Shanghai or Hong Kong. Mumbai needs to score much better in terms of its urban infrastructure, public transport, civic utilities and moral ethics to come in line with Shanghai.
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