The news headline on the front of the Mumbai Mirror said ' This is no light bill', the story covered the size of Mukesh Ambani's (owner of the Reliance Group) first months electricity bill having moved into his new home in South Mumbai. I've driven past this place and it is colossal, the stats are impressive, or maybe given the abject poverty all about in dreadfully poor taste:
His home is a 60 story purpose built, state of the art apartment block...
for him, his wife and their three children....
and his 600 staff.
Three helipads on the roof along with their own air traffic control room, 6 floors dedicated to park 168 cars complete with their own in house service garage. A 50 seater home cinema, swimming pool, gym and health club. Elevated hanging garden with trees and plants spanning 4 stories, the property comes in at a cool 37,000 square metres of space, larger than that of the Palace of Versailles. Guestimated value is quoted as Rs 4,567 crore, which is around £45m not bad for a plot of land purchased for $1.
Almost forgot, the first months electricity bill....Rs 70 lakh or £98,000 (after discounts) - he is quoted as being BEST energys best customer! To help position this it equates to 637,240 units, average consumption for a normal house in Mumbai with all normal electric gadgets is around 300 units.
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