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The Bandra-Worli sealink is India's first eight-lane (currently only 4 lanes are in service) freeway over the open sea and is hailed as a modern Indian engineering marvel. Few statistics about the bridge are: The bridge weighs 670,000 tons, which is equivalent to 50000 African elephants, the length of the bridge is 4.77 km, the height of the cable-stayed tower is 126m(equal to a 43-storey tower), and the length of steel wires used in the project is equivalent to the circumference of the Earth(each cable can take a weight of 900 tons). It was built by a team comprising of engineers from India as well as other countries including Britain, Canada, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore and Switzerland. The bridge is a first ever open Sea Bridge in Mumbai.

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Monochrome mania

Mahim Nature Park in summer.

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Camera Critters

A wet duckling at Banganga in Mumbai.

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Saturday Photohunt - Surprise

Traffic police waiting to surprise and apprehend the traffic offender in Mumbai.

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Skywatch Friday

The Mumbai sky as seen on 21Aug09 at 1901hrs.

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Thursday Challenge - Tranquil

A tranquil spot in the Veermata Jijabai Udyan in Mumbai.

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ABC Wednesday - F for Flora Fountain

Flora Fountain, at the Hutatma Chowk (Martyr's Square), is an ornamentally and exquisitely sculpted architectural heritage monument located at the southern end of the historic Dadabhai Naoroji Road, at the Fort business district in the heart ofSouth Mumbai, Mumbai, India. Flora Fountain, built in 1864, is a fusion of water, architecture and sculpture, and depicts the Roman goddess Flora. It was built at a total cost of Rs. 47,000, or 9000 pounds sterling, a princely sum in those days. It was constructed by the Agri–Horticultural Society of Western India, out of a donation of Rs 20,000 by Cursetjee Fardoonjee Parekh. Designed by R. Norman Shaw, it was sculpted in imported Portland stone by James Forsythe.

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