The same curved waterfront in Mumbai, photographed in 2006 and again recently.

The 2006 frame shows a low-rise shoreline with open green strips, a narrow coastal road and a modest skyline.

The current frame shows elevated viaducts looping over the water, a widened multi-lane coastal highway and a far denser cluster of high-rises.

The comparison is a useful illustration of how quickly Indian metro infrastructure can change within two decades. The shoreline itself has not moved; almost everything built on and around it has.

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