Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

Mumbai, India’s Transforming MEGACITY is home to five transportation megaprojects under construction throughout this city of 25 million. Subscribe for more youtube.com/TheDailyConversation
Shop my must-have camera equipment amazon.com/shop/tdc?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_JBKK1RJVW8M3T12R1X0A

This short documentary explores each piece of infrastructure and the larger goal of transforming Mumbai, India’s entertainment and financial capital, into a powerful megaregion by the middle of the century.

The megaprojects: Mumbai Metro, Coastal Road, Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor flyover, Trans Harbour Link, and Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Video Journalist/Cinematographer - Jayant Parashar
instagram.com/thegardenlizard
Journalist Jane Borges
linkedin.com/in/jane-borges-6aab1814
Kurush Dalal
linkedin.com/in/kurush-dalal-a7a50040

Key research links:
mumbai.citizenmatters.in
mumbaimetrotimes.com/mumbai-metro-map-route
Why Mumbai has slums youtube.com/watch?v=jPZp_ICmfhE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai
britannica.com/place/Mumbai
RE-ENVISIONING CITIES - Urban Design in Practise P K Das Lecture youtube.com/watch?v=hvtmxPg0iig
Megacity from slums to skyscrapers - DW
youtube.com/watch?v=8UbKpTwGuSs&pp=ygUSbXVtYmFpIG1lZ2FjaXR5IGR3
Metropolis by Ben Wilson amazon.com/Metropolis-History-Humankinds-Greatest-Invention/dp/0385543468
Mumbai Metropolitan Region en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region
The Massive Coastal Road That's Dividing Mumbai youtube.com/watch?v=5qBNG8fY4AQ

Quoted video sources:
Metro and Coastal road construction youtube.com/watch?v=FNeTrm0v0dw&pp=ygUQc2Fuc2FhZCB0diBzdXRyYQ%3D%3D
Trans Harbour Link youtube.com/watch?v=-_7nZIaI0tE

Video clip sources
Mumbai, BMC: youtube.com/@MyBMCMyMumbai
Mumbai local train crowd youtube.com/@suyogexplore
Trans Harbour Drone youtube.com/@Imdroneman
Mumbai walking tour youtube.com/@keeziwalks
Container port youtube.com/@apmterminals
Mazagon Dock submarine builders youtube.com/watch?v=P8yA6JyEkMQ
Mumbai walking streets youtube.com/@LADmob
Mumbai 1973 youtube.com/watch?v=OkltgaGscfU&pp=ygUcZW5jaGFudGluZyBpbmRpYSBtdW1iYWkgMTk3Mw%3D%3D
How to build a subway in a crowded city youtube.com/watch?v=yPsgQIT4k58&pp=ygUsaG93IHRvIGJ1aWxkIGEgc3Vid2F5IGluIGNyb3dkZWQgY2l0eSBtdW1iYWk%3D
Making of Mumbai’s first underground metro
youtube.com/watch?v=8zE_GvEwR3g&pp=ygUdbWFraW5nIG9mIG11bWJhaXMgZmlyc3QgbWV0cm8%3D
Metro New Lines youtube.com/watch?v=QW3ZAWDktUI&pp=ygUVbXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIG5ldyBsaW5l
Tunnel Boring Machine breakthrough youtube.com/watch?v=cWYfo5pQ1kI&pp=ygUOdGJtIGJrYyBtdW1iYWk%3D
Metro Line 3 walkthrough
youtube.com/watch?v=dhAkDBzzzVw&pp=ygUobXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIG1hcm9sIG5ha2EgdW5kZXJncm91bmQgMjAyMQ%3D%3D
Trial run first underground metro
youtube.com/watch?v=6_8UQxGIt6w&pp=ygUobXVtYmFpIG1ldHJvIHVuZGVyZ3JvdW5kIHdhdGNoIHRyaWFsIHJ1bg%3D%3D
Metro line 3 drone shots
youtube.com/watch?v=TJAlgZvyUTE&pp=ygUmZW52aXJvbm1lbnRhbCBwcm90ZWN0aW9uIG1lYXN1cmVzIG1tcmM%3D
Mumbai traffic and tuk tuk rickshaw drivers
youtube.com/watch?v=0DVYBRCpkMA&pp=ygUPdHVrIHR1ayBtdW1iYWkg
Drive in Bandra
youtube.com/watch?v=HBtEBfPjYro&pp=ygUhYXR1cmRheSBhZnRlcm5vb24gZHJpdmUgaW4gYmFuZHJh
Oval Maidan aerial
youtube.com/watch?v=PwxZbbeA7w4&pp=ygUYb3ZhbCBtYWlkYW4gc291dGggbXVtYmFp
Coastal road drone and animations
youtube.com/watch?v=R6jDZOVIQrg
Coastal road youtube.com/watch?v=xVU50hsoYt0
Sanjay Ghandi National Park youtube.com/watch?v=ek3BV_lz3hc
Tearing down Seattle’s Alaskan Viaduct
youtube.com/watch?v=zUvF0nDwTo4
Seattle drive into tunnel youtube.com/watch?v=c5q-srPmRfQ
Dharavi slum inside look youtube.com/watch?v=JMQ1W89mF90
Trans harbour link
youtube.com/watch?v=-_7nZIaI0tE
Navi Mumbai airport
youtube.com/watch?v=kupu6t-46S0
Planes youtube.com/watch?v=WPl-VsOKaRg
Boat ride at Gorai creek
youtube.com/watch?v=JKGiEnZ5ru8

This is Mumbai, the transforming megacity. Surrounded by the Arabian sea, Mumbai - which means “mother” in Marathi, the local language - is the heart of the state of Maharashtra.

Narendra Modi

0:00 Welcome to Mumbai
0:37 Origins of the Megacity
1:58 Port of Mumbai
2:25 Immigration overwhelms infrastructure
3:30 Mumbai Metro
6:30 City layout
7:08 Coastal road
9:30 Seri-Worli connector
10:17 Trans Harbour Link
10:53 Navi Mumbai International Airport
11:11 Mumbai Metropolitan Region
11:52 The tradeoffs to development: preserving Gorai