NAVI MUMBAI ABHIJITH ALANGOTTIL

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 HISTORY

• FORMERLY BOMBAY , IS THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE OF INDIA,

WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT TWELVE MILLION AT 2010
• MUMBAI IS BUILT IN WHAT WAS ONCE A SET OF SEVEN ISLANDS: BOMBAY ISLAND
, PAREL, MAZAGAON , MAHIM , COLABA , WORLI, AND OLD WOMEN’S ISLAND (
ALSO KNOWN AS LITTLE COLABA).
• THE SEVEN ISLANDS COMBINED INTO A SINGLE LANDMASS BY THE HORNBY
VELLARD PROJECT VIA LARGE SCALE LAND RECLAMATION.
• THE HUGE CITY IS GROWING BY MANY THOUSAND HOPEFUL IMMIGRANTS FROM
PREDOMINANTLY RURAL AREAS EACH DAY.

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 NEED FOR A NEW CITY

• TO REDUCE THE GROWTH OF POPULATION IN

MUMBAI CITY BY CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE URBAN
CENTER WHICH WILL:
• ABSORB THE IMMIGRANTS WHO WILL OTHERWISE GO
TO MUMBAI.
• ATTRACT SOME OF MUMBAI’S PRESENT POPULATION
SO THAT OVERALL POPULATION OF GREATER MUMBAI
CAN BE CONTAINED WITHIN A MANAGEABLE LIMIT.
• TO SUPPORT THE STATE – WIDE INDUSTRIAL LOCATION
POLICY WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO AN
EFFICIENT AND RATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF
INDUSTRIES OVER THE STATE AND A BALANCED
DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN CENTERS IN THE
HINTERLAND.
• TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES, RAISING
THE LIVING STANDARDS AND REDUCING THE
DISPARITIES IN THE AMENITIES AVAILABLE TO THE
DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE POPULATION.

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 CREATION

• THE PROMINENT AUTHORS OF “TWIN CITY

CONCEPT” WERE CHARLES CORREA, PRAVIN
MEHTA AND SHIRISH PATEL WHO PRESENTED
THE GOVERNMENT A PROPOSAL FOR
CONSTRUCTING NEW GROWTH CENTERS
ACROSS BOMBAY HARBOR ON THE
MAINLAND.
• THE IMPLEMENTATION OCCURRED THROUGH
POLITICAL AND BUREAUCRAATIC CHANNELS
IN 1969.
• THE SITE WAS FINALLY CHOSEN ACROSS THE
HARBOR FROM BOMBAY ISLAND.
• IT WAS A NARROW PIECE OF LAND BOUNDED
BY WESTERN GHAT MOUNTAIN RANGES ON
THE NORTH, SOUTH , EAST AND ARABIAN SEA
ON THE WEST.
• CIDCO WAS FORMED TO PLAN AND DEVELOP
NAVI MUMBAI IN 1970.

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 THE BUILT FORM
• THE CBD LIES IN THE CENTER WITH ALL THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL , POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
• THIS ZONE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE TRANSITION ZONE WHICH HAS FACTORIES
AND WAREHOUSES.
• OLDER RESIDENTIAL AREAS BEING TAKEN OVER BY EXPANDING CBD.
• THE NEXT ZONE HAD LOWER INCOME LEVELS AND SUCCESSIVE ZONES HAD
HIGHER INCOME LEVELS.

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 PROFILE

• WORLD LARGEST PLANNED CITY WITH AN AREA OF 344 SQ.KMS.

• HAS A COASTAL STRETCH 34.2KMS.
• LOCATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 20 DEGREE N AND 73 DEGREE E LATITUDE.
• THE MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE RANGES GROM 25 DEGREE C TO 28 DEGREE C.
• THE AREA HAS SUB-TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE OF HUMID-PER-HUMID TO
SEMI-ARID AND SUB HUMID TYPE.
• THE AREA RECEIVES AN ANNUAL RAINFALL OF 2500 TO 3500 MM.
• THE AREA HAS MARINE HUMID CLIMATE WHICH RANGES FROM 41 TO 97%

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LANDUSE
• THOUGH THE NAVI MUMBAI PROJECT BEGAN IN 1970
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN SLOW.
• GROWTH IN THE OTHER AREAS OF MUMBAI HAS AN
ADVERSE EFFECT ON NAVI MUMBAI’S GROWTH.
• SINCE 1990, THE GROWTH ACCELERATED DUE TO
PRESENCE OF NHAVA SHEVA PORT.
• CIDCO PROVIDED SERVICES FOR BOTH GOVERNMENT
AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
• HOUSES HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR EWS, LIG , MIG
AND HIG.

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 DESIGN PRINCIPLES
• THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF NAVI MUMBAI WAS
DEVELOPED AT A HEIGHT OF MODERNISM.
• THE PRINCIPLES WERE:
o DECENTRALIZATION BY THE DESIGN OF SELF
SUFFICIENT TOWNSHIPS ( NODES ).
o RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ( SECTORS ).
o SINGLE USE ZONING AS OPPOSED TO TRADITIONAL
MULTIPLE USE ZONING.
o THE TOTAL AREA OF NAVI MUMBAI WAS DIVIDED
INTO THREE TOWNSHIPS. EACH TOWNSHIP HAS
SEVERAL SECTORS. MANY WERE RESIDENTIAL IN
NATURE.
o EACH NODE WAS PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE A
RANGE OF SOME INCOME GROUPS.
o PONDS WERE CREATED TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS RUN
OFF.

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 MRT CORRIDOR
• THE STRUCTURAL PLAN OF NEW BOMBAY:
THREE LINEAR SPINES ARRANGED IN A
PINWHEEL AROUND CBD AT ONE END TIED TO
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORK AT THE
OTHER, ANCHORING THE NEW CITY INTO THE
SURROUNDING REGION.
• WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD , RAIL , AIR
AND WATER TRANSPORT, NAVI MUMBAI IS
FULLY EQUIPPED TO CATER THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUTERS.
• PART OF THIS IS THE SUBURBAN TRAINS THAT
CONNECT TO 12 NODES TO EACH OTHER AS
WELL AS TO MUMBAI.

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EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORT
SYTEM • THE LINEAR PATTERN OF MUMBAI IS
BETTER FOR A MASS TRANSPORT
SYSTEM BECAUSE IT CREATES A
CORRIDOR OF DEMAND AND THUS
AN EFFICIENT BUS SYSTEM.
• THE SYSTEM GROWS WITH A SERIES
OF SECTORS WHICH POP UP BASED
ON THE GROWTH OF THE SPECIFIC
LOCALITY, ALL MUSHROOMED WITH
BUS LINES. THUS IT ALSO HELPS IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
HINDERLANDS.
• WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
MRT, THERE ALSO COMES AN
ADDITIONAL MRT WHICH COULD
HELP WITH THE FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTORS.
• WITH THE STARTING OF A SIMPLE
BUS LINE, GRADUALLY A COMPLEX
NETWORK OF BUSES AND TRAINS
CAN BE BUILT, TRANSGRESSING THE
COST/ CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS.

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12 NODAL TOWNSHIP

1. AIROLI
2. GHANSOLI
3. KOPERKHAIRANE
4. VASHI
5. SANPADA
6. NERUL
7. BELAPUR

8. KHARGHAR AND TALOJA

9. KALAMBOLI AND KAMOTHE
10. PANVEL AND KARANJADE
11. ULWE
12. DRONAGIRI

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AIROLI NODE
• AIROLI IS ONE OF THE GOOD NODES DEVELOPED IN INITIAL YEARS BY CIDCO(CITY
AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION).
• IT WAS TAKEN UP FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING 1983-84.
• THE MAIN INTENTION OF ITS DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE HOUSING FACILITIES TO
THE PEOPLE WORKING.
• AIROLI IS LOCATED ON NORTHERN TIP OF NAVI MUMBAI.
• THIS NODE HAS GOOD CONNECTIVITY WITH MUMBAI THROUGH MULUND –
AIROLI BRIDGE. IT IS ALSO WELL CONNECTED WITH ANOTHER CITY THANE
THROUGH RAILWAY AS WELL AS BY ROAD.
GHANSOLI NODE
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NODE WAS STARTED AROUND 1993; THE FOCUS WAS
TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE NEARBY
INDUSTRIES.
• LOCATED SOUTH OF AIROLI NODE.
• IT IS ALSO WELL CONNECTED WITH ANOTHER CITY THANE THROUGH RAILWAY AS
WELL AS BY ROAD AND WITH MUMBAI THROUGH MULUND – AIROLI BRIDGE.

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KOPAR KHAIRANE NODE
• IT IS ADJACENT TO THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND VASHI.
• DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NODE WAS STARTED IN 1986.
• KOPAR KHAIRANE IS ALSO KNOWN AS EXTENDED SUBURB OF THE VASHI.
• THE NODE IS WELL CONNECTED BY TRAIN AS WELL AS ROAD.
• LOCATED SOUTH TO GHANSOLI.
VASHI NODE
• VASHI WAS THE FIRST NODE TAKEN UP FOR DEVELOPMENT BY CIDCO. OFTEN IT IS CALLED AS KING
OF NAVI MUMBAI.
• VASHI IS LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE THANE CREEK BRIDGE ON THE MAINLAND.
• THE DEVELOPMENT WAS STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER OPENING OF THANE CREEK BRIDGE IN
1972.
• VASHI IS THE COMMERCIAL HUB OF NAVI MUMBAI.
SANPADA NODE
• THE COMBINE DEVELOPMENT OF VASHI-SANPADA NODE WAS STARTED IN 1972.
• THE NODE IS WELL CONNECTED BY RAILWAY AND ROAD.
• SANPADA IS COMING UP AS BETTER PLACE FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION.
NERUL NODE
• NERUL IS THE SECOND BEST DEVELOPED NODE AFTER VASHI.
• IT IS OFTEN CALLED AS QUEEN OF NAVI MUMBAI.
• THE NODE IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL NODE.
• THE NODE WAS TAKEN UP FOR DEVELOPMENT IN 1981.
CBD BELAPUR NODE
• THIS NODE IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, SO PLANNERS DECIDED TO MAKE THE ‘CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT’ OF THE CITY IN THIS NODE.
• THE NORTH SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY PLANNED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE WHEREAS SOUTH SIDE IS FOR
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KHARGHAR AND TALOJA NODE
• KHARGHAR IS THE FUTURISTIC NODE OF NAVI MUMBAI IT WAS STARTED DEVELOPING AROUND 1988-89.
• ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTICALLY-DESIGNED NODES OF NAVI MUMBAI, WITH NOVEL CONCEPTS, IDEAS AND
SYSTEM FORMING THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NODES DEVELOPMENT.
• IT OFTEN TERMED AS MODEL TOWNSHIP OF THE CITY.
KALAMBOLI AND KAMOTHE NODE
• KALAMBOLI IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST NODES IN NAVI MUMBAI.
• KAMOTHE IS ONE OF THE DEVELOPING NODES OF NAVI MUMBAI.
• IT WAS STARTED DEVELOPING IN 2000.
• CIDCO HAVE STARTED DEVELOPING STEEL MARKET AND WAREHOUSING COMPLEX BY 1979-80 AND RESIDENTIAL
COMPLEX BY 1982.
• THIS NODE IS ALSO PART OF NAVI MUMBAI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE.
NEW PANVEL NODE
• THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE DEVELOPING NODES OF NAVI MUMBAI. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NODE WAS STARTED
IN 1975-76.
• PANVEL IS AN IMPORTANT RAILWAY STATION ON KONKAN RAILWAY.
• THIS NODE IS STILL MAINTAINED AND MANAGED BY CIDCO.
ULWE
• ULWE NODE IS LOCATED ON SOUTH OF CBD BELAPUR ACROSS THE CREEK. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NODE IS
ALREADY STARTED.
• THIS NODE IS PART OF NAVI MUMBAI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE AND IS ADJACENT TO PROPOSED NAVI MUMBAI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
• ULWE IS UPCOMING NODE OF NAVI MUMBAI AND ITS INFORMATION TILL 2010 IS NOT REPORTED.
DRONAGIRI NODE
• DRONAGIRI NODE IS THE LARGEST NODE PLANNED BY CIDCO
• DUE TO ITS TOPOGRAPHY IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP THIS NODE.
• ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PORT MAKES IT IDEAL FOR PORT-BASED INDUSTRIES.
• DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NODE WAS STARTED AFTER 1989.
• THIS NODE IS MAINTAINED BY CIDCO.

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