How a bad decision in 1970 caused Mumbais deaths today

April 19, 2012 17:15

The causes for the two deaths on the Central Railway on Thursday have their roots in the refusal of the Maharashtra Government to shift its own headquarters to Navi Mumbai, and along with it, the legislature building etc. in the 1970s. If it had, the way Mumbai and the adjoining cities live and earn their livelihoods would have been entirely different, with fewer people flocking to Mumbai.

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