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About Navi Mumbai |
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Navi Mumbai was created to relieve Mumbai from the pressure of burgeoning population and to provide an alternative for the masses that keep coming in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area from all parts of the country. The city was designed to be a fitting competitor to its neighbor in all respects, with no dependency whatsoever on it. The idea was to plan a fully self-contained metro city with a well-balanced approach and modern outlook in the mainland across the Thane Creek.
The idea to create a new satellite city of the commercial capital of India was doing the round since India gets its independence from the colonial rules. Several committees and study groups have been commissioned to explore the possibility and give their valuable inputs on the proposed project. The recommendations made by the Bombay Metropolitan and Regional Planning Board in 1967 under the leadership of L.G. Rajwade were found to be feasible, and the Bombay Municipal Corporation accepted them readily. Soon the world was to see the emergence of a new city completely in sync with the global standard and modern style.
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The onus of transforming the rustic settlements into a world class destination was conferred on the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), formed specifically for the purpose in 1971, under the Indian Companies Act of 1956. The region stretching from the village Dighe in Thane district to the village Kalundre in Raigad district was chosen for the proposed development of Navi Mumbai. The government of Maharashtra acquired most of the land falling in the region to provide CIDCO a free hand in carrying out the task of rapid development.
Out of the total land area of about 344 square kilometer, earmarked for the creation of Navi Mumbai, CIDCO got hold of about 194 square kilometer for the execution of its various residential and commercial projects. The fourteen nodes identified for the growth of a comprehensive township included Airoli, Vashi, Nerul, CBD Belapur, Ghansoli, Sanpada, Kopar Khairane, Kharghar, New Panvel, Dronagiri, Kalamboli, Ulwe, Jui Kamothe and Pushpak. To give a further boost to the construction activities, the state government constituted Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation in 1991 and many of the projects were transferred to it by CIDCO.
The ecological balance of the area comprising the city of Navi Mumbai has not been disturbed by the process of development at all. Even today, its landscape is characterized by mountains, lakes and green spaces. Careful planning and balanced approach shown by the developers of Navi Mumbai have resulted it into a city of international standard with lots of natural landscaping features.
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