Facts about Mumbai

Location: Maharastra State, India

Country dialing code: 91
City dialing code: 022

Time zone: GMT +5 ½ hours

India has single time zone
Indian Standard time is
5 ½ hours ahead of London (GMT)
10 ½ hours ahead of New York
4 ½ hours behind Australia
2 ½ hours behind Hong Kong and Singapore

Currency: Indian Rupee
Coins: 25, 50, Rupee1 and Rupee 5
Notes: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000


Languages: Hindi, Marathi, English.
Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz
Round two or three-pin plugs are standard.

Average temperature:
October to February is cool temperatures
March to May is warm
June to September is a monsoon season.

Government of India Tourist Office:
123 Maharishi Karve Road,
Churchgate.
Website: www.indiatouristoffice.com

Mumbai is spread over 430 square kilometers

Mumbai is the melting pot with over 15 million people from different religions, ethnicities, castes and classes.

It is the country’s financial centre. It houses the largest stock exchange in India and is the heart of its banking industry.

The ‘Kolis’ are a tribe of fisher folk thought to be the earliest inhabitants of Mumbai (from 12th century onwards)

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Mumbai Coastline

The city has an enviable 149-km coastline and nearly 16 km of beaches stretching from Colaba in the south to Madh and Marve up north. Take the ferry further north and you will find the weekend getaways of Gorai and Manori, all within city limits.
"Like most of our coastline, our beaches too have been neglected, abused and misused. There is no plan for their conservation and protection either," says the presentation for Open Mumbai, an exhibition on public spaces currently on at the NGMA. Encroachments by both the rich and poor, garbage and sewage are common banes.

True we have a coastline all over Mumbai and if it were clean, we could have beautiful places to walk and enjoy the walk along the sea side.

The most important thing that we need to have is to educate people. Even when there are ample number of dustbins all over the beach, but if people are not disciplined enough to watch their habits, the dream of living in a clean city will never materialize.

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