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Is Marine Lines and Marine Drive Same?
Marine Lines was also the name of the road on which Bombay Hospital and Liberty Cinema stand. It is now known as V Thackersey Marg. Marine Drive is the famous promenade near the station. New Marine Lines is the area just south of the station near Churchgate.
How many stones are there in Marine Drive?
Each weighing about 2 tons, there are about 6500 of them costing more than Rs. 5000 per tetra-pod. Other options are also being considered presently to protect shores from damages caused by the waves like geobags, but that’s a story for another day.
What are the stones in Mumbai beach?
So these are four-legged concrete structures, which look like big beautiful rocks. These are strategically placed on the seashore close to each other. So these pods basically protect the sea line and the promenade from the huge waves that are capable of massive destruction.
What work is going on Marine Drive?
“The Mumbai Coastal Road Project, from Marine Drive to the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, will have a total length of roughly 26 km, including 16 km of interchangers at three locations,” Chahal said. “The work is being executed by the BMC out of its own funds.”
Why do marine drives have rocks?
They have high energy in them. When these tetra-pods are placed in an interlocking pattern, they tend to form a porous boundary. So, when the roaring waves travel till this boundary, a portion of its energy is absorbed by the rocks. Being porous, they let some water flow around, rather than against it.
What is Mumbai Coastal Road Project?
The coastal road project seeks to create large patches of open green space, a rarity in Mumbai. About 90 hectares will be reclaimed for the project of which 70 hectares will be landscaped to provide cycle tracks, promenades, amphitheaters, children’s play areas and other recreational space.
What is the Marine Drive called?
Yes, what the world knows as Marine Drive is Sonapur for Mumbaikars. This 3.5 km long stretch of C-shaped concrete road forms a natural bay and links Nariman Point to Babulnath in southern Mumbai. Situated at the foot of Malabar Hill, the real official name of the road is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road.
What is Marine Drive in Mumbai?
Marine Drive extends about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the Nariman Point business district to Girgaum Chowpatty at the foot of posh Malabar Hill in South Mumbai. Its bordered by the Back Bay, which joins the Arabian Sea, on one side and Western Line of the Mumbai local train on the other.
What makes the Marine Drive in Singapore so special?
But you have to admit that the scenic excellence of the Marine Drive is what really makes the city gorgeous. While she flaunts its long stretch at night, in the day, the promenade attracts photographers, joggers and tourists.
What would happen if the sea crashed into Marine Drive?
In more practical terms, the waves crashing into the side of Marine Drive would disintegrate the foundations and hence cause the road to collapse into the water. The rocks, placed specifically to counter the waves are uniquely shaped and carefully placed to absorb maximum impact of the waves and prevent this.
Where are the Best Art Deco buildings in Marine Drive?
A block away, on the corner of Veer Nariman Road, is one of Marine Drive’s most prominent and best preserved Art Deco buildings, Soona Mahal. It was built in 1937 by the late Kawasji Fakirji Sidhwa, a Parsi who had a flourishing country liquor business, and named after his grandmother Soona bai Kawasji Sidhwa.