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Mumbai banega Singapore, or make that Mumbai banega Bengaluru. Shop owners and residents of Colaba, locals and those who have their establishments on SoBo’s landmark Colaba Causeway, are talking about how good it would be if Mumbai went the Garden City’s way. Commercial Street in Bangalore got a facelift recently, and if pictures could talk, they would say, spiffy, nifty, appealing; you get the drift. Most shop owners on the popular street are upbeat and are applauding the move which they say will bring in more tourists and shoppers. Mumbai’s Colaba shop owners, on specific chats, are sharing pictures of the street and talking about how “We need to do this to Colaba Causeway, if we want to make it a shopping destination.” Another respondent said, “I agree. When will Colaba Causeway look like this?” Mumbai has a role model now, and we do not have to look as far as Singapore.