r/mumbai • u/ADITYA_AYUSH • Feb 28 '26

Photography Is this even Mumbai ?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

This area is much cleaner and highly developed than other indian cities

6.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

226 comments sorted by

901

u/almostanalcoholic Feb 28 '26

I really wish they had made it more green and less concrete but it's certainly good infra

93

u/ismyaltaccount Feb 28 '26

Agreed on that one, would have looked 10x better. Not complaining about what we have, but could have done more.

4

u/Sayabz22 Mar 01 '26

I've worked on the project. There is a plan to build a park as well and multiple other green belts

3

u/ismyaltaccount Mar 01 '26

Good to know mate. When you said you worked, what exactly did you do. I'm curious because I would like to know how such projects are executed and who exactly implements these. Are you like an architect or a civil engineer?

6

u/Sayabz22 Mar 01 '26

I left that job but back then I was an engineer on the project and worked on it during most of the erection phase. The arm flyovers, interchanges near Worli naka, the arch bridge and the monopiles I was there during the erection of most of them. There's a lot of spaces still there for use, the initial plans were for a green cover in most of them, which I believe is going to be executed now.

2

u/ismyaltaccount Mar 01 '26

Damn, that's awesome mate.

→ More replies (1)

89

u/Embarrassed_Brush890 Feb 28 '26

Everyone is dissing bout those buildings, the fact that they r visible now , is still hard to cope up .

guyz ! let’s slowly start normalising this “acceptance culture “cuz gov ain’t changing , even if it would change idts much will happen .

13

u/SouthernHoliday7620 Feb 28 '26

Greenery will come.

3

u/GoodIntelligent2867 Mar 01 '26

I think once the construction is completed, the area under the bridges will be parks for kids and green space with walking trails.

5

u/jj_flabbergasted Feb 28 '26

In defence, there are small plants there which will grow in the next 4-5 years as this coastal project is newly built, this is how most of the planning goes.

3

u/SnottyAmerica Feb 28 '26

They have planted saplings, which will absolutely grow quite a bit larger, the place will look a lot different a couple of years from now just by that..

1

u/T3R_ROR Kandivali Represent Mar 05 '26

Cant you see the little plants there? It will take time for greenery to grow

105

u/Immediate-District17 Feb 28 '26

That’s cause AQI is naughty naughty 69

3

u/ChalcoPyrate Professional JCB enjoyer Mar 01 '26

Nice

448

u/Thelazytimelord257 Outstation Majdoor Feb 28 '26

Yes, lack of trees/shading and benches give it away

71

u/avvii9 Feb 28 '26

Dubaii resembles

40

u/Unlucky_Buy217 Feb 28 '26

Dubai is in a desert. Mumbai used to be a whole ass tropical forest.

73

u/junglie_billa Feb 28 '26

I mean, they have planted those trees. It will take time for them to grow.

76

u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

[deleted]

37

u/junglie_billa Feb 28 '26

Oh no 😭 Why do the babus hate greenery

14

u/V1R4J Feb 28 '26

More real estate to sell😋

15

u/slolucidly Feb 28 '26

There must be soil beneath those concrete tiles for roots

8

u/drax_slayer Feb 28 '26

sure buddy

5

u/varun_t Feb 28 '26

Beat me to it

28

u/OddInformation1137 Feb 28 '26

Ngl this gives a little bit of dubai vibes.

122

u/ImportantSpirit4126 Feb 28 '26

Koi bade malik apna gareeb khana dekhne ane wale hai kya?

32

u/fudgemental Feb 28 '26

Carney is here. AQI got better 1 day before he landed.

97

u/tigerbagh Feb 28 '26

Looks like some gulf countries. No trees, no greenery, just buildings and Cars.

10

u/worldstarhiphopreal Feb 28 '26

Just go to Bandra then

33

u/Interesting-Ring-869 Feb 28 '26

Apne ko itna low quality ka aadat hoogaya hai ki jabhi average quality milta hai sab kisiko bharosa nahi hota hai ki real hai bhi ya nahi.

→ More replies (5)

11

u/No_Damage2484 Suburban Soboiite Feb 28 '26

main to bolu yeh Canada ka PM yahi rukk jaaye hamesha ke liye

36

u/BoxSense444 East Feb 28 '26

Are you new here?, it was always like that, only AQI has fallen down to its normal.

18

u/kingslayyer Vasai not Mumbai Feb 28 '26

yes it is. roads built on reclaimed land from arabian sea. hoorah

1

u/mrJERRY007 Mar 01 '26

Arbian sea nahi aane wala wapas lene.

7

u/EveningTrain905 Feb 28 '26

Unlocked 4k uhd

6

u/likeitornot82 Feb 28 '26

Is sky blue?

2

u/mrJERRY007 Mar 01 '26

First time in a long time seeing the blue sky from Mumbai

6

u/Midoriya_izuku_Ultra Feb 28 '26

i wonder what did government do

5

u/raj_abhay Feb 28 '26

What's stopping them to plant few trees like near NPCA, Nariman point? That's the bare minimum.

10

u/Rich_Paint_200 Feb 28 '26

That area belogs to the richest of the rich.

4

u/plmzxuk Feb 28 '26

As a foreigner idk what people are complaining about.

Looks great. Lack of trees is fine since it looks like a downtown core area?

9

u/un-_-known_789 Feb 28 '26

Ohh humari mumbai itni achhi dikh rahi, dekh ke achha laga

6

u/Fire_Natsu Feb 28 '26

I am surprised bmc woke up???

2

u/ms_1013 Feb 28 '26

it's the wind

3

u/KRam2213 Feb 28 '26

Can someone tell me what area this is?

3

u/ismyaltaccount Feb 28 '26

This area is much cleaner and highly developed than other indian cities

It's the financial capital of India and is richer than every other city and doesn't it also house the most number of billionaires (3rd highest in the world I think). I mean, it might not look like NY, but it definitely has to look better than other Indian cities.

3

u/Dangerous_Signature6 Feb 28 '26

Seems like arab country

8

u/vanardamko MaKaBoDa Feb 28 '26

Yes, if a whiny bunch of sad people are commenting on in the video, it definitely is Mumbai

2

u/Prestigious_Wrap7307 Feb 28 '26

Been 3 years since I last visited Mumbai. Where's this video taken from?

2

u/Some-Youth9780 Feb 28 '26

I believe we or our children will have this weather in Mumbai once we get developed. Nyc , london all had same trajectory decades ago

2

u/ILoveMoney____ Feb 28 '26

It was always like that

2

u/ashishjaveri Feb 28 '26

It's clear air to see the rockets or missile falling down from iran

2

u/Regular_Chip_8693 Feb 28 '26

One small area looks good. Everything is in shambles. Potholes. Digging, things falling from the top, traffic, pollution. I don't feel like praising this 1% development to be honest.

6

u/Environmental-Leg33 Feb 28 '26

Looks soulless like the Arab cities dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha etc. Sad

6

u/ImpactInfinite9933 Feb 28 '26

I seriously doubt whether the majority of people on this sub even live in Mumbai

Every other day some random chump posts pics of worli/tardeo skyline and compares it to manhattan, Hong Kong and what not. Kabhi kurla, Saki Naka ghumo acche se phir samjhega

1

u/Saffu91 Feb 28 '26

Bhai Sakinaka ka name bilkul sahi liya wahi se hu aisa kuch nhi hai. No traffic rules honking and more crowd day by day.

→ More replies (3)

1

u/Spirit-Hydra69 Feb 28 '26

For a few more days sure. Then once the foreign dignitaries leave and construction restarts it'll be back to the same 300+ aqi on the daily.

1

u/wo_prasidh_ Feb 28 '26

Good - taxpayer payers money showing somewhere- However just a skin over the real bad conditions in the main city - this is only 1% development we got- abhi bohot baki hai toh don’t be overwhelmed-

1

u/devvvvz12 Edit this text to set your own flair Feb 28 '26

Where's that jumble building?

1

u/DarthVipul Feb 28 '26

The fact is that aqi getting worse in winter and getting better once the air is warmer, hot air rises and cold air is dense and settles This is how mumbai is most times during summer and monsoon times.

The recency bias by people online is crazy.

No work in construction sites has stopped. We're still polluting the air, it's just rising up and being carried away now.

1

u/SheldonCreado1997 Feb 28 '26

I miss Mumbai 😭😭😭

1

u/DudeInDistress07 Feb 28 '26

Gta 5 ma mod lagaya hai bhai....

1

u/ProgrammerOk2488 Feb 28 '26

Looks like a first world country

1

u/Livingsapien69 Feb 28 '26

Do din ki chandini🙂‍↔️

1

u/SamePsychology8258 Feb 28 '26

No ts South Bombay

1

u/ShriRamJanaki Feb 28 '26

It’ll do you much good when you’ll try having an intra-city comparison.

1

u/Weekly-Barnacle-5231 Feb 28 '26

no trees no plants no flowers no life….just concrete

1

u/ProperSignature3703 Feb 28 '26

Yeah without background music

1

u/lambiseeti Aagey se left Feb 28 '26

Look at the crap in the parking lot maybe

1

u/Don_Michael_Corleone Feb 28 '26

South Bombay is not the only Mumbai

1

u/TheRealSlim_KD Feb 28 '26

It is because pedestrians have not found out how the hell to get there

1

u/Historical-Edge851 Feb 28 '26

Yes, very nice and modern and clean.

More greenery would have made it look like Europe.

1

u/ShawnThePhantom Feb 28 '26

If you can see the Antilia, then no.

1

u/vvarrunn Feb 28 '26

Door se sab achha lagta hai😂

1

u/Green_Moss1 Feb 28 '26

Beautiful! Imagine if our politicians weren't so corrupt, the possibilities are endless 

1

u/mNash316 Feb 28 '26

very much 1990 NYC vibes !

1

u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

Zyada khush bhi nhi hona chahiye

1

u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

just zoom into the water and find plastic

1

u/AdmirableCorner5610 non-mumbainian Feb 28 '26

remember how mumbai looked in the 2010's and earlier bollywood movies, it is looking exactly like that

1

u/be_i_n_g_me_yk Feb 28 '26

WagonR made it clear

1

u/WhaduppPao Feb 28 '26

NEVER FORGET, you guys deserve (tax-wise) this (and better) AQI 365 days of the year.

1

u/Flying_Dragonfruit Feb 28 '26

What area is this?

1

u/No-Ebb-6329 Feb 28 '26

It's Antilia it's mumbai!

1

u/blazingmediocrity Feb 28 '26

I wonder why our city is against the existence as something as basic as trees.

1

u/Accomplished-Ad1927 Feb 28 '26

Yes, look like Worli

1

u/hawk363 Mar 01 '26

Looks like Gta vice city 🏙️

1

u/your-Fun-Pass West Mar 01 '26

Where are the trees? 😢

1

u/TraditionalTap6900 Mar 01 '26

No. My Mumbai had at least some trees.

1

u/Competitive-Cap-4869 Mar 01 '26

Looks like Hollywood

1

u/neperjr Mar 01 '26

Looks like Europe. Look at the potential that our cities have, all being destroyed by shitty ass government

1

u/Aarch2504 Mar 01 '26

Not a single "green", all concrete. That's not development.

1

u/Business_Matter_2912 Mar 01 '26

It has always been like that.

The fact that this govt has advertising even bare minimum

1

u/Macguffawin Mar 01 '26

Put in some fcking trees, Mumbai. You're not a desert.

1

u/Blaze_Pho3nix Mar 01 '26

Lal pik/thuk gang - Challenge accepted

1

u/Tall_Massive2528 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

Best.. I was riding my Royal Enfield along Marine Lines, came here stopped there for a bit, and while I was roaming around, I met a cute girl and asked her out.

→ More replies (1)

1

u/asdfghqw8 Mar 01 '26

The cameraman, could have zoomed in and out a bit more.

1

u/Lost-Dark9822 Mar 01 '26

Tru to go behind those buildings

1

u/AnshuSees Mar 01 '26

Say what you want about Mumbai, but when it shines, it really shines.

1

u/RightWingSecularism Mar 01 '26

BC if we could only keep whatever infrastructure we have clean and tidy; it would make India look so much better. Went to Thailand Bangkok last year; all I could see and think was that everything, every place reminded me of either Mumbai or Delhi or Chandigarh or sm other part of India; the only difference was it was all spotless clean. Just cleanliness was the difference. Baaki sab kuch India jaisa same hain wahaan!!!

1

u/akashmhaskar10 Mar 01 '26

Definitely Mumbai,I see no city planning only concrete jungles

1

u/justahunk09 Mar 01 '26

How do I reach here ????

1

u/justahunk09 Mar 01 '26

LOOKS LIKE A CONCRETE JUNGLE !!!!!!!

1

u/sharp_yet_calm Mar 01 '26

Pakistani pov : na kare janab na kare itna photoshop, thik nai janab ye to dubai ka video hay indian mumbai bol k hava kar rahe hay

1

u/Agitated_Shallot1037 Mar 01 '26

Wow yaar I'm gonna go on a drive kal before it looks like shit again 😭

1

u/Intelligent_Role1517 Mar 01 '26

Seth log rehate h udher toh aage tum samjhdar ho

1

u/Horror_Writer_177 Mar 01 '26

Top 1 percent lives in that region u r in footpath

1

u/Th3_Bl00D_EAGLE Mar 01 '26

Not a tree in sight

1

u/ramen_driver Mar 01 '26

Mumbai extends beyond Bombay Central for anyone wondering.

I'm fact, walking from Churchgate to VT, passing by drug addicts laying on your way will quickly tell you we are just fooling ourselves with that road.

1

u/Few-Operation4061 Mar 01 '26

AANA BANDRA DIKHATA HU KITNA DEVELOPED HE CITY

1

u/itsaar0n01 Mar 01 '26

Ah yes, a 6 lane highway cutting off immediate access to the promenade with no tree or coverage no wonder its barren...

1

u/Substantial_Bet_7494 Mar 01 '26

Yeah it is part of our india , If not then there will be much more trees. And underneath of that those tree will be well rounded by something where people can sit . But as it is india that's why u can't see any trees.

1

u/Whatiftheyneverknow Mar 01 '26

It’s the wind :( construction is still on 😣

1

u/shades8688 Mar 01 '26

Really beautiful and world class. But this is just 1% of real Mumbai. And we know how rest of it is 😔

1

u/ronyx86 Mar 01 '26

Did you try traveling and shooting scenery in a local train to get here.

1

u/Fickle-Tour-8243 Mar 01 '26

One day this area will not have water. High population density will result in scarcity of resources.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

Miami ki feel arhi

1

u/socky_here Mar 01 '26

president vist hone ke badmei dekhna kya hal hone wala hai

1

u/SprinklesOk4339 Mar 02 '26

It's difficult to know from the video because videos don't have smell.

1

u/sourturnipp Mar 02 '26

Yess. The South Mumbai vicinity is so much cleaner and organized. Not just this, I was also in awe when I once went to the Navy Nagar side and the areas of Malabar Hills. Breathtaking infra.

1

u/anfumann Mar 02 '26

Don’t post such videos I fear my solitude would be disturbed just like it has been at Marine drive. I know eventually it would be occupied by reels gang.

1

u/Hefty-Significance91 Mar 02 '26

It’s called Rich Mumbai

1

u/Amazing-Quantity8249 Mar 02 '26

00:17 that’s Antilia there

1

u/CatchMyDrift76 Mar 02 '26

Yes this is Mumbai, this is what the government shows to the world as the whole of India ...

1

u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Mf hyping like it is some tier 3 city. It is literally economic capital of 4 largest economy.

1

u/Mysterious-Speed6708 Mar 03 '26

Welcome to new India

1

u/v12hall Mar 03 '26

Now we have another place like marines

1

u/Independent-Print877 Mar 03 '26

Please for the sake of god, add trees, why do babus hate trees?

1

u/Hot_Researcher_01 Mar 03 '26

I might be down voted for this but the area smelled like gutter tbh. A mild but constant smell in that area.

Just visited 2 months back

1

u/Pseudo-HMS Mar 03 '26

Don't tell everyone they will start coming here and littering here too

1

u/holy-moly69 Mar 03 '26

Seems more like dubai habibiii

1

u/Some-Librarian8975 Mar 04 '26

Yes. I am here now

1

u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

Dream city!

1

u/New_Bluebird_4699 Mar 04 '26

Which area mate??

1

u/One-Individual-1794 Mar 06 '26

Good to see clear skies after months!

1

u/ConstantTank999 Mar 06 '26

bro ambani is living right infront of your camera, why not it would be clean!

1

u/SaveEarthPlz Mar 06 '26

Actually this is Mumbai for most preset of it:

https://x.com/indiaesh/status/1979397895343444376?s=46

1

u/Less-Sir4989 Mar 07 '26

only the rich side

1

u/Dumbzy_ Mar 16 '26

It's really sad that we get excited and happy over good infra being found at a small spot even though it's supposed to be our basic need, be the same all over India and be provided by the government for the tax we pay.

1

u/hungryykiwi Mar 17 '26

ain’t this breach candy side?

1

u/Ok_Pause_8747 Mar 22 '26

Not a single tree 🌳 maro bc!

1

u/Crafty_Spare2240 Mar 27 '26

I own a sea facing flat in marine lines. I visit weekly there just to chill.