Mumbai Railway Stations

The exits at practically every railway station in Mumbai is choc-a-block with share autos, hawkers, etc. I know of Goregaon east and west which is in bad shape, east more so. Hawkers have descended on the skywalks as well. In the Goregaon skywalk from station to the S.V. road there are hawkers at one end, druggies at other end, in between the lights are stolen, tiles are gone, the spitoons are gone, the waste buckets are gone. But that is a different matter. It is the crowd that we are talking about, its a total mess. Andheri east and west, both are very bad. Chembur is mess on both sides and so is Ghatkopar. Kurla is horrible. Vashi & CBD Belapur are good. Borivli is bad and so is Malad and Kandivli. Dadar is atrocious to say the least. The only station where i found open space near the station is at Mira Road where i had gone recently. No autos or stalls were allowed in that open space. But that was in the early morning hours, so don't know the situation there in the evening hours. So these share autos and hawkers are being protected by the neta mafia, otherwise why would they be allowed to set up stalls there. Decongestion of the area near the railway stations should be done otherwise if there is an accident at the railway tracks, how will the ambulance move smoothly to the nearest hospital within the designated time.

Borivli national park - sunday, 13th December 2009

Ran at Borivli national park, reached the top in 49 minutes, coming back maintained reasonably good pace returned in 98.27 minutes. Felt quite strong today, not ragged at all, comfortable

today's run at Borivli National Park

Had a good run today at the Borivli National Park, reached the top in 48 minutes and did three rounds of step climbing. Did more running than walking today, compared to last time, finished one round and a bit more in 1 hour 42 minutes. Running in BNP is an absolutely great experience.