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Contour map project will map every inch of Mumbai
Updated On: 09 March, 2009 10:55 AM IST | | Somita Pal
In just five months, a Rs 7-crore contour map project will mark every inch of Mumbai in amazing detail and even help you cope with floods
In just five months, a Rs 7-crore contour map project will mark every inch of Mumbai in amazing detail and even help you cope with floods
In less than five months, for the first time ever, all of greater Mumbaiu00a0 437.71 sq km will be mapped in incredible detail. In effect, this means you can locate every tree, speed breaker, coffee shop; find out the height of every building, the area of an encroachment or a low-lying area something never found on a Mumbai map before. The cost: Rs 7 crore.
The remarkable, but not unique technique (international cities have it), called contour mapping, is being spearheaded by the BMC, for which it has appointed private companies.u00a0
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