Mumbai. Bombay. The city of dreams. Maximum city. These are just a few names for India’s largest city, a city that contributes over 6 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP). It is common knowledge that any city would gain prominence based on the employment opportunities it offers and thus it is no understatement that it is called India’s financial capital not just due to the presence of many financial and banking establishments, stock and commodity exchanges as well as the world’s largest diamond exchange, but also because the city contributes to a third of India’s total income tax collections.

However, for any city to make it big in employment opportunities, it needs to be livable. Investments would never flow into a city that cannot be lived in and if the city becomes unlivable, businesses would flow out. Mumbai’s financial status is a testament to this. However, what if the city was becoming more livable?

Mumbai is doing just that. With massive infrastructure upgrades that will change the standard of living, India’s only Alpha-level global city is set to change majorly.

Rebuilding India’s First Metropolis

The city has changed considerably after it was first inhabited in the 1500s and its prominence and the constant pace of change has ensured that Mumbai of 2018 is not the same as Mumbai of 2008. In the last one decade, the city witnessed numerous changes including infrastructure developments such as the Mumbai Metro, Monorail, the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Eastern Freeway and the new terminal at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

However, the changes that India’s financial capital is now poised for is set to change the face of the city and its satellite cities in a much more prominent manner.

So What Can Mumbaikars Expect?

There are a slew of infrastructure projects that will encourage every former resident of the city come back in the pipeline.

The Mumbai Metro

The Mumbai Metro project, once considered the slowest among Indian cities is today progressing smoothly, thanks in no small measure to the efforts of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.