Growth of Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Rising Conflicts

This study will focus on Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in which causes and consequences of rapid urbanization. Failure of government’s policy towards regional development along with rural development, and lack of federal law to control inter-state migration, will be investigated. It is a major cause behind mass migration and inter-state disputes such as socio-cultural and linguistic conflicts. It is quite essential to mention here that MMR is facing a major challenge due to conflict between local people and migrant population. This may lead to civil riots, as many local political parties are gaining support on these issues. MMR also needs lots of resources from its neighboring states to sustain itself. This study is more contemporary and relevant because MMR is a diverse inter cultural population, trying to fit in small space (within 4355sq km of MMR).Growing population and diverse identification have divided the people into different interest groups in the Mumbai. It is essential to find out the root causes and solutions of this in order to protect the national identity and federal democratic structure of the nation.