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Mumbai Disconnected

Mumbai Disconnected follows supporters and opponents of the project to build split-level highways in 96 places around the city, in hopes of keeping the traffic moving.

In the Indian city of Mumbai, 13 people die on public transportation every day. What's more, traffic has increased so rapidly that the entire city becomes gridlocked during rush hour. The solution is a massive suspension bridge to be built off the coast, linking the north of the city to the south and providing considerable relief from the crippling and deadly traffic jams. But lack of funding has drawn construction of the bridge to a standstill, so the municipal government has come up with an alternative plan: to build split-level highways in 96 places around the city, in hopes of keeping the traffic moving. Mumbai Disconnected follows supporters and opponents of this project from the man who just wants to get to work safely every the residents opposed to the never ending construction.

50 minutes

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Sun 28 Jun 2015 21:10GMT

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