YEH THI MUMBAI MERI JAAN II

 

So here’s the much awaited sequel, a lot of my friends had criticized my previous post saying that it was rather an irresponsible post, people can just talk ,its how you give solutions to a problem that matters… so here I am

First all let me start off with telling you about an average Mumbaikar- he’s young, he’s busy, he’s passionate about work, he loves the glamour around, he loves movies and he also loves his city very much, no matter how bad or good it is, the city probably holds the 3^rd place in his mind after his work and family. But he is fed up with the government officials for an unplanned cityscape. At one side he’s proud of saying that he hails from the dream city, city of opportunities, city that pays the highest income tax in the country while on the other side he faces power cuts ranging from 3-5 hours a day, filthy roads and imperfect planning of the city…. as a citizen of this city I would like to ask the government bodies…. You guys have to help the city as well and not just your pockets

Anyways enough of howling….

There are three major problems facing Mumbai

• Cleanliness
• Population
• Infrastructure

To solve all the three I have one single plan …. START A TELEVISION CHANNEL for MUMBAI.. It will be a government owned channel, they with the help of the film industry will have to make it popular but putting some masala, its what is required now. This television channel will only be about Mumbai and the people of Mumbai. Now how will this help. Media has greater influence on people than anything else; the television channel will have the following things

• Compare Mumbai to other world class cities- any Indian gets angry when he is compared to any another person, in school if you got less grades you parents always said look at rohan or kunal who has scored more why couldn’t you .that hurts a lot, compare our city to other cities in the world, emphasize on cleanliness, population, discipline …these are things we should learn from the west and not the skimpy clothes and beer bars

• This channel can work as a tool for the government to showcase the plans they have for the city, for example talking about the metro rail the government can dedicate a whole series describing, what the metro will be all about, how it will help people and I know Mumbai people are helpful, they will come forward to help the government as well. promote the program using hoardings at various important places, make it a KBC or Mahabharata in simple words the biggest attraction for the viewers

Cleanliness can be dealt with increasing the number of dustbins in the city, the police and the BMC will have to get strict here and charge a fine on the people littering the place, stations are the dirtiest, people lying there, spitting pan throwing tickets, hit them bad with the danda and ask for a fine of minimum Rs. 100. If we don’t get strict now, we would never

Also we can have movies where there can be many scenes which can condemn spitting on the road or throwing waste around. Say a shahrukh gets caught for spitting or a sachin tendulkar.

Population Mann! Here again the officials have to do the following

• Limit on immigration! Seriously think about it

• Limited children per couple, make it mandatory, or else, higher fees in school, more taxes, ration card with less quantities.

• Restriction on people residing in a sq.km of area, Chandigarh is a best example of this …well designed

We can start in Mumbai and will set an example for other parts of the country; we must make sure that the execution is as stringent as the plan

Infrastructure, well all I can say here is increase the shifts, we already have a lot of labor in the city, its time we got into double shifts, Japanese once said we build bridges in one month flat! I believe we can reach those heights as well, have awards for the best worker group, get back to the 1^st in school 2^nd in school systems; organizations like AGNI can help here ….and have planned new structures coming up … please we need our city to look a balanced see saw and not just a one sided one

Well I have tried to pen down all the points I could have, if any government official reading this, please take a queue ,there are a lot of youngsters around ready to help you at every path till its better for the city ……also if u have any suggestions always welcome!