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India: The New Sea Link Bridge In Mumbai

Monday, July 6th, 2009 @ 08:19 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: India
Topics:: Development
Languages:: English

The newly opened 5.6 km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) connects the Mumbai (Bombay) suburb Bandra with Worli on the south of the city. Dilip D'Souza at Death Ends Fun does some calculations and asks: “In what sense does this new bridge address the commuting headaches of Bombay's residents?”

1 comment

rakesh rajput

dear sir,
I need the infomation about the sea link, which is promoting the modern science and new technology.

# 2009-07-7 at 8:54 am

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