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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region, home to 1.8 crore people, is driven predominantly
by a will to succeed. But, with its ever-expanding population and spheres of activity,
there is an emergent need to feed this growth by providing futuristic enabling mechanisms,
and, revamping or reviving those parts of its character that have fallen into disuse.
To steer the region's growth, there are several agencies like Metropolitan Mumbai
Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM),
Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation
(MRVC), etc.
The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) is an initiative of the World Bank,
Cities Alliance, USAID, All India Institute of Local Self-Government and Government
of Maharashtra. It was set up in 2005 to facilitate the process of Mumbai's transformation
by advising on, co-ordinating and monitoring projects undertaken these agencies
to improve quality of life in Mumbai.
MTSU's focus areas are physical and social infrastructure, environment, housing,
governance, strategic planning and economic growth. Its canvas is therefore huge.
From slum rehabilitation to rent control, from the Navi Mumbai airport to the Wadala
truck terminal, from MUIP to MUTP, from health to education, from sanitation to
beautification, it seeks to set the wheels in motion to reform and transform Mumbai
into a city we can all be proud of.
MTSU's focus areas are physical and social infrastructure, environment, housing,
governance, strategic planning and economic growth. Its canvas is therefore huge.
From slum rehabilitation to rent control, from the Navi Mumbai airport.
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