Counter Magnet Cities
October 22, 2002 08:34 AM
How do you reduce the almost magnetic attraction that rural folks have towards the big metropolises? Use counter magnets! Counter Magnets are cities specially developed to reduce the mass migration of people to big cities. Like Navi Mumbai, which was planned as a counter magnet to Mumbai. Then yesterday, Counter Magnet Gwalior(M.P.) was launched. Gwalior has put heavy focus on developing IT with lots of IT firms committing to set up shops in Gwalior. It is part of the planned NCR surrounding Delhi. The other 4 counter magnets to Delhi are Kota (Rajasthan), Bareilly (U. P.), Hissar (Haryana) and Patiala (Punjab). Likewise other planned counter magnet cities in India are Mysore(Bangalore), NIKIDA(Lucknow) and Anandgarh(Punjab). This idea of 'balanced development' is followed in many countries around the world already and seriously considered in many.
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Mahesh Shantaram said...
I happen to be a Navi mumbai resident and so I identify with this post.
People living in counter magnet cities will always feel like they're in the shadow of their more fortunate city-dwelling companions. For example, 'true' Mumbaikars look down upon Navi Mumbai as being some village in the backside of nowhere. The same people travel in crawling traffic everyday from Andheri to Nariman Point and back. The distance is the same.
An increasing number of Bollywood scenes are being shot in Navi Mumbai railway stations. The recent Gunaah andDil Vil Pyar Vyar were cases in point. That's perhaps because NM stations are more like airports than typical Mumbai stations. However, in DVPV, in one of the scenes shot in my own Nerul station, they had a clear 'Bandra' sign hanging in the background! I was furious!
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Nilesh said...
I think the image is slowly changing. People now think Navi Mumbai as hep! I personally know many people who have shifted from posh suburbs in Mumbai like Vile Parle and Bandra, to Navi Mumbai!
The fact that lots of movies are shot in and around NM proves that it has become the destination for many. It being a planned city, I too find it better moving around in Navi Mumbai.
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Mahesh Shantaram said...
Do you live here or nearby? Let's meet up sometime. Especially since I'm going to have all the time in the world very soon.
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Nilesh said...
I stay at Mulund East. A 5 min ride to Airoli. I have a few friends in Vashi and also have my recently moved office on the Thane Belapur road [DAKC]. I surely don't mind meeting up sometime, in Vashi. I missed the bloggers' meet which I was keen on attending. :(
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1. Mahesh Shantaram said...
I happen to be a Navi mumbai resident and so I identify with this post.
People living in counter magnet cities will always feel like they're in the shadow of their more fortunate city-dwelling companions. For example, 'true' Mumbaikars look down upon Navi Mumbai as being some village in the backside of nowhere. The same people travel in crawling traffic everyday from Andheri to Nariman Point and back. The distance is the same.
An increasing number of Bollywood scenes are being shot in Navi Mumbai railway stations. The recent Gunaah andDil Vil Pyar Vyar were cases in point. That's perhaps because NM stations are more like airports than typical Mumbai stations. However, in DVPV, in one of the scenes shot in my own Nerul station, they had a clear 'Bandra' sign hanging in the background! I was furious!
2. Nilesh said...
I think the image is slowly changing. People now think Navi Mumbai as hep! I personally know many people who have shifted from posh suburbs in Mumbai like Vile Parle and Bandra, to Navi Mumbai!
The fact that lots of movies are shot in and around NM proves that it has become the destination for many. It being a planned city, I too find it better moving around in Navi Mumbai.
3. Mahesh Shantaram said...
Do you live here or nearby? Let's meet up sometime. Especially since I'm going to have all the time in the world very soon.
4. Nilesh said...
I stay at Mulund East. A 5 min ride to Airoli. I have a few friends in Vashi and also have my recently moved office on the Thane Belapur road [DAKC]. I surely don't mind meeting up sometime, in Vashi. I missed the bloggers' meet which I was keen on attending. :(
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