Development...

i live in an area called Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme. 25 years when my parents moved here, it was a big marsh. i remember my mom telling me how we were the last piece of civilization before marshes and the sea. The authorities developed this place to lighten some pressure from the Andheri-Vile Parle station area and this place seemed nice enough. 25 years later, this area's undergoing another wave of development and the builders seem to have taken its name too seriously. Thanks to TDR, all the little 3-4 storey apartments and majestic bungalows are now 9 storey phalluses/phalli built to remind its residents that Hafeez Contractor rocks. All right, development has to take place to meet the needs of the burgeoning population blah blah blah and obviously we shouldn't stand in the way of the city's betterment. But the changes have been dramatic. The population's nearly doubled in the last 6-7 years. So have land rates. The once gulmohar tree-lined Gulmohar road has now become suburban wasteland. The peepal and rain tree lined lanes are now a big pile of cement. Road infrastructure has collapsed. Won't take long before water problems start. Link road runs through here and once its widened, this neighbourhood's dead. If its not dead already.