Finally, the state government realises it's important to find private bidders for the troubled Mumbai Trans Harbour Link and second metro rail line instead of branding the city The let's-brand-Mumbai idea has been doing the rounds for over two years now, but skeptics have always 
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TOP priority: An artist's impression of the 22-km Sewri-Nhava Sheva Sea Link, which found no bidders</td></tr></tbody></table>maintained that basic necessities like better, roads, electricity, etc, should be the priority. And the state government is finally listening. The state has decided to concentrate on completing half-done infrastructure projects after getting a poor response from the private sector on the 22-km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link connecting Sewri with Nhava and the 32-km second metro rail line connecting Charkop, Bandra and Mankhurd. UPS Madan, project director, Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), confirmed that the Brand Mumbai endeavour is again on the backburner. "We are focusing on promoting infrastructure projects that failed to receive any response. Branding Mumbai and giving it a slogan can be done gradually," he said. MTSU is a government-appointed body that plans major infrastructure projects in Mumbai. The government had first wanted Mumbai to stand shoulder to shoulder with Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur. But the idea of giving Mumbai its own identity gained momentum after former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh met a UK-based branding agency, Acanchi, during his visit to Europe in September 2008. So, in November last year, the state government, with the help of MTSU, carried out a branding exercise and invited citizens to come up with suggestions for slogans highlighting the positive elements of Mumbai. The government was also supposed to create a separate e-mail ID for people to send in their suggestions. But the economic slowdown and the gradual apprehension among the private players to undertake projects dissuaded them from creating the ID. An expert from the infrastructure sector said, "People are facing a power crisis coupled with bad roads and bumper-to-bumper traffic. Till we clear these hurdles, branding Mumbai would be ineffective." Other famous slogans Kerala: God's Own Country Kashmir: Chalo Kashmir Malaysia: Malaysia - Truly Asia New York: I Love New York Slovenia: I Feel Slovenia

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Finally, the state government realises it's important to find private bidders for the troubled Mumbai Trans Harbour Link and second metro rail line instead of branding the city 

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