Hi, i'm new here...:) I'm from Mumbai, India. I have posted some pics of Navi(New) Mumbai, a sister city developing near Mumbai. It's well planned and organised, with wide open, smooth roads and plenty of open spaces, gardens etc. It's still relatively new so not many people live here yet, it's quite empty and there's no real skyline. There's a lot of construction going on and maybe in a few years it will get its own airport. Most of these shots are of Kharghar and Belapur, still developing areas -
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Nice post. Do you live in Mumbai currently?

I do believe if you take an aerial shot of Belapur CBD it will look pretty interesting.

Very very interesting.

Those pictures of the outer areas remind me of some of the cities I visited in the East of Turkey but with no cars and a little more run down(I dont mean that offensively).India is improving every day from what I hear,listen,watch and read.I havent seen it for myself yet.Im hoping to very soon.Once I get sick and tired of spending my holidays travelling around Japan on my bike

This is one the most interesting posts ive seen on the forum in a while.Its not everyday you get such insightful and intriguing perspective with some everyday photos taken off the tourist map in one of the worlds most famous cities.I like the newly formed urban areas and the grooooovey sculptures on the roundabouts.Very visonary.Its as if the governemt is constructing these big roads with the hope the investment will come(and Im sure it will).

Great pictures.Thankyou so much for taking them.I really enjoyed looking at them.Cheers.

great pictures!!
if you put a map of the city that would be cool :)

Welcome to the forum bhaisahib :) Nice pics!

great pictures!!
if you put a map of the city that would be cool :)

Here ya go :cheers:

This is a map of the Mumbai Metro area. Mumbai occupies the larger island (light blue), and Navi Mumbai ("New Mumbai" in Marathi) is the new development across the harbor (dark purple)
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The Recommended New Address For 21st Century Corporate India

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) was specially set up by the Government of Maharashtra as its fully owned company to plan and develop the new metro centre i.e. Navi Mumbai across the Mumbai harbour over a sprawling area of about 344 sq.kms.

CIDCO's Navi Mumbai project, conceived more than 20 years ago, is indeed the largest new city project ever undertaken in the world. A strategically located, environment friendly alternative to the severely congested metropolis of Mumbai, it is a totally new 344 sq. km. fully planned modern metropolis, with an infrastructure designed to cope with the growing needs of life and commerce in the 21st century.

With Rs 40,000 million (US $ 1140 million) worth of basic infrastructure already in place, Navi Mumbai is ready, willing and able to absorb the imminent, large scale shift of population, business, commerce and non pollutant industry from Mumbai and elsewhere.

Poised to become the most sought after address for corporate India, Navi Mumbai is well balanced and beautifully landscaped, and has been conceived as 14 self-contained nodal settlements with the Central Business District (CBD) at the heart of the metropolis. It has been planned so as to avoid all the problems of urban congestion, nearly half of the total township area has been reserved for green spaces, making Navi Mumbai one of the greenest and healthiest places to live in the world.


Navi Mumbai: Salient Features

- largest fully planned new city in the world
- total area: 344 sq. kms.
- an efficient integrated transport system covering all modes of transports


Here's a map of the districts of Navi Mumbai
http://www.nmmconline.com/images/Navi_mumbai.jpg

It will be good if there's no restriction on the height of the buildings

:cry: i can't watch the pics!

:cry: i can't watch the pics!
There's a problem with the server.....will be back up in a few days.(hopefully)

Nice post. Do you live in Mumbai currently?

I do believe if you take an aerial shot of Belapur CBD it will look pretty interesting.
Yeah im in Mumbai.

Yeah im in Mumbai.

It's good to have someone from Mumbai! Look forward to more pics of Mumbai by you.

Here's another pic of Navi Mumbai - Palm beach Marg - Seawoods Estate

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Another photo of Navi Mumbai

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Some more pics :) -

Belapur

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A Hovercraft station

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Vashi

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Vashi creek bridge

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Belapur station

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Seawoods station (under construction)

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Vashi station

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Nerul station

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Some road construction

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Well it still has that "under construction" look but I bet when it's done it'll look great!

Kshatriya are these pictures recent?

awesome place, i really envy navi mumbai...looks gorgeous, some buildings look superb, but others look forgotten and dirty though ruining the charm of the city

Some looks a little dirty,but some looks great.
India is on her way too.

Kshatriya are these pictures recent?
Yeah most are.

Looks nice but the buildings are ugly.

Looks nice but the buildings are ugly.
Actually this place is quite new, compared to Greater Mumbai this place is deserted. It jst has the infrastructure in place and is largely awaiting investment. The development off-late has been fantastic and there's a lot of construction all over the city. In a few years, it could look very different. About ten years ago, it was almost like the middle of nowhere.

23)Glendale
Location:Thane(W)
Builder: Tata Housing
Statistics:5 buildings of 16 storeys
Status: 3 towers complete, 4rth under construction, 5th planned
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WOW. New Bombay is going to look like a city entirely different in next 5 yrs. What more. Thane has joined the race as well.

If things continue to go well for the Indian economy, all Indian cities will see a lot of new projects.

If things continue to go well for the Indian economy, all Indian cities will see a lot of new projects.


it will go well you wait and see. From now on india can only move forward!!

it will go well you wait and see. From now on india can only move forward!!

Agreed!!!

What's the area of NM? And is it considered a part of the larger Mumbai metro area, or is it a separate city?

What's the area of NM? And is it considered a part of the larger Mumbai metro area, or is it a separate city?
It covers 344 sq.kms and is a separate city.

CIDCO wants to create a "Shenzhen" in Navi Mumbai (Old clip - 2001)

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Singapore firm keen to join Navi Mumbai airport project (Jan 2002)

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Shenzhen offers stakes in state groups to foreigners

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August 2001 - If planning a 4377 hectares Special Economic Zone doesn't excite you. How about planning one for 15% of the world's population.

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November 2001 - Navi Mumbai SEZ plan envisages $1.9bn investment, $900m FDI

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It covers 344 sq.kms and is a separate city.

Kshatriya, are they also doing some land reclamation, being a coastal city?

Kshatriya, are they also doing some land reclamation, being a coastal city?
During the early phases, yes some land was reclaimed. Not now.

Just take a look at International Infotech Park, Vashi. Its just flat out ugly 60ish architecture. But the rest of the Navi Mumbai has beautiful cityscape with wide streets & great atmosphere. I hope Navi Mumbai really becomes a Schenzen of India.

BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, Indian & Mumbai government needs to be lenient & relaxed laws regarding skyscrapers atleast for Navi Mumbai's sake. Or else, we are gonna have more infotech parks like Vashi ones.

We desperately need to have some 70 stories atleast in Navi Mumbai in future in order to compete with chinese cities. For now, Navi Mumbai with superb infrastructure is our best bet.

Just take a look at International Infotech Park, Vashi. Its just flat out ugly 60ish architecture. But the rest of the Navi Mumbai has beautiful cityscape with wide streets & great atmosphere. I hope Navi Mumbai really becomes a Schenzen of India.

BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, Indian & Mumbai government needs to be lenient & relaxed laws regarding skyscrapers atleast for Navi Mumbai's sake. Or else, we are gonna have more infotech parks like Vashi ones.

We desperately need to have some 70 stories atleast in Navi Mumbai in future in order to compete with chinese cities. For now, Navi Mumbai with superb infrastructure is our best bet.
Doesn't look half bad, so it doesn't have a shiny glass facade, it's pretty nice. Navi Mumbai SEZ is a big project and I'd like to see nice talls come up too, but I don't know why you wanna see 70 storey towers so desperately in India. :-) After all, it's not exactly gonna improve the lives of general people is it? The infrastructure in NM is excellent and the SEZ should be a well planned and connected place, so nice looking skyers could very well come up rapidly in the coming years. When it happens, it'll be terrific.

Kshatriya............anyways. Int. Infotech. Park, Vashi is how most of the federal prisons look like in USA minus the barbwire & electricity runing through it. the narrowest of the narrow windows, but NOT the circular windows on side(check out the tower 5 in images). It has the clastrophobic feel to it. I guess whatever helps one concentrate on his/her work inside.

But lets hope the new project coming up for Navi Mumbai SEZ are sleek, modern & ultra creative like rest of the modern mumbai skyline. Alright maybe not 70 stories skyers. Lets hope couple of 40 stories come up.

^ Well yeah the windows are too small. The building itself is a little too boxy. Maybe some improvements and it will look a lot nicer. The SEZ will see more commercial talls, unlike Mumbai whose skyline is largely residential. This means taller and more to-your-taste buildings. :-)

Juinagar railway station

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Koperkhairane railway station

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Kharghar railway station plan

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Sanpada railway station

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Nerul railway station

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Some more photos I had taken in Navi Mumbai....

View of residential complex taken from a train

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Views from Vashi Railway station

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A flower bed on a road in Kharghar

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Workers taking a break - Sanpada railway station

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Kshatriya............anyways. Int. Infotech. Park, Vashi is how most of the federal prisons look like in USA minus the barbwire & electricity runing through it. the narrowest of the narrow windows, but NOT the circular windows on side(check out the tower 5 in images). It has the clastrophobic feel to it. I guess whatever helps one concentrate on his/her work inside.

But lets hope the new project coming up for Navi Mumbai SEZ are sleek, modern & ultra creative like rest of the modern mumbai skyline. Alright maybe not 70 stories skyers. Lets hope couple of 40 stories come up.

You have to realize that those buildings are actually railway stations planned during the early eighties and built much later going into the nineties. The idea to convert them to tech parks is a just a couple of years old. As railway stations they don't have parallels in India.

I will say Mumbai has a decent skyline.

And Navi Mumbai skyline looks great when you cross the rail bridge from Mankhurd to Vashi. It's not very tall but it long and nice ( I liked it ) because very few cities in India have such a vista while approaching by train.

But no one has taken a panoramic pic of that yet.

And Navi Mumbai skyline looks great when you cross the rail bridge from Mankhurd to Vashi. It's not very tall but it long and nice ( I liked it ) because very few cities in India have such a vista while approaching by train.

But no one has taken a panoramic pic of that yet.
I took a shot but it got messed up becuase the train was moving too fast....yeah it does look nice. When was the last time u've been to Mumbai/NM?

Are the navi mumbai stations clean and tidy? I know a couple of them under construction are of pretty modern design! Hopefully, they'll run newer trains on them! :) Anyways, the best for Navi Mumbai is not to follow it's bigger brother Mumbai!

I took a shot but it got messed up becuase the train was moving too fast....yeah it does look nice. When was the last time u've been to Mumbai/NM?

2001

Are the navi mumbai stations clean and tidy? I know a couple of them under construction are of pretty modern design! Hopefully, they'll run newer trains on them! :) Anyways, the best for Navi Mumbai is not to follow it's bigger brother Mumbai!

The last time I saw them, they were clean. They had given out the maintenance to private companies and not to Indian Railways staff.

They are really swank compared to other railway stations and also the airport.

2001
Did you take any snaps of the skyline, city etc..? I'll be surprised if you didn't.

Are the navi mumbai stations clean and tidy? I know a couple of them under construction are of pretty modern design! Hopefully, they'll run newer trains on them! :) Anyways, the best for Navi Mumbai is not to follow it's bigger brother Mumbai!
They are clean and well maintained. Look in the other Navi Mumbai thread I've posted some pics Kharghar station. That should give you an idea of how all railway stations generally are....You can feel the difference when you come back to Mumbai! Yes hopefully they'll run newer trains, those old EMU's are the only sore point.

Wow, nice pics. never thought NM would be so clean .NM's stations are also so clean. why don't they do the same with Mumbai's local stations. I hope NM doesen't get messed up like Mumbai. And to make it a "Shenzen", the govt authorities shouldn't allow slums to take root in the city. And they should really build a landmark for NM. like a "Gateway of Navi Mumbai". NM could become a "Showcase City" for India. Anyway, keep it coming.

Did you take any snaps of the skyline, city etc..? I'll be surprised if you didn't.

That's the tragedy. I thought I would experiment with a video camera instead. It came out bad (inexperience and shaking hands). The stills from the video are even worse. I have gotten better at it now although I hardly use it - its so cumbersome. I prefer the digital camera now. I hope to visit Mumbai in 2006 for a few days and maybe those Tardeo towers will be completed by then. Unfortunately I am not professional.

BTW why don't you get us some nice Mumbai pics.. You will be off from there in a few weeks I guess.

That's the tragedy. I thought I would experiment with a video camera instead. It came out bad (inexperience and shaking hands). The stills from the video are even worse. I have gotten better at it now although I hardly use it - its so cumbersome. I prefer the digital camera now. I hope to visit Mumbai in 2006 for a few days and maybe those Tardeo towers will be completed by then. Unfortunately I am not professional.

BTW why don't you get us some nice Mumbai pics.. You will be off from there in a few weeks I guess.
This is the worst time ever to take photos of Mumbai.....

Vashi station gears up for Thane-Turbhe line

By: Rajendra Aklekar
August 20, 2004


Vashi station is getting ready to welcome the much-awaited Thane-Turbhe line. Tubelights and new indicators have been installed on platform one which is currently not in use. The tracks have been welded and signal boxes have been activated.

All this has raised the hopes of commuters who go to Thane. They currently have to commute backwards to Kurla to catch a main line Central Railway train or take a bus ride on bumpy roads.

Even senior railway officials, who were in Navi Mumbai to inspect the progress of the work, say that the line will be ‘up and running’ soon.

“We are examining the final touches being given to the railway tracks. The Railways will complete the work in a month’s time, after which the line should be open for passenger traffic,” says a senior official from Central Railway.

The officials took a trial run along the Thane-Turbhe line and visited a number of stations along the line to check the facilities.

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Central Railway officials inspecting the line at Vashi station

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The tracks being laid for the Thane-Turbhe line at Vashi station

Commuters say the line will be a boon

NG Prakash
Resident of Mumbra
“This service between Thane and Vashi will be a big boon. I would love to avoid the Thane-Belapur Road which is full of potholes and is time-consuming.”

Shankar Keshav Gaikar
Resident of 15, Antara CHS, Koparkhairane
“I have been hearing about this for a long time. But now the railway is actually working on it and things are falling in place. I am awaiting the opening.”

Sharath Kumar Bhal
Resident of Kopri Village, Vashi
“We have been hearing about this since a very long time. Let the train service actually begin. Then only will I comment.”

This will be great!!!

This is the worst time ever to take photos of Mumbai.....

I know, with all those rains, clouds and mess...

Okay, when you visit your folks during vacations..

This will be great!!!
Yeah, about time too.....

Palm Beach Expressway, Mumbai-Navi Mumbai.
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A city and its builder

A CORRESPONDENT

Navi Mumbai, the alternative city created on the mainland to decongest Mumbai, has begun to attract businesses and families, and its builder, CIDCO, has recorded remarkable growth.



THE most ambitious plan to decongest Mumbai was the one to create Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai), an alternative urban settlement on the mainland that would remain accessible to the island city. Conceived in the 1970s, Navi Mumbai was seen as the answer to many of Mumbai's problems. This was to be a city that would contain all that Mumbai offered but would be clean, orderly, efficient and well-planned. The plan was to motivate businesses in Mumbai, which were finding it increasingly difficult to expand, to move to this 21st century city. The expectation was that Mumbai, which was bursting at its seams, would get decongested and concentrate on redeveloping itself. Unfortunately, the incentives to move just did not add up enough for the businesses to relocate. Mumbai has a charm like no other city.





The Palm Beach expressway developed by CIDCO in Navi Mumbai.

For many years after it was created, Navi Mumbai wore a somewhat desolate look. The huge chrome and stone suburban railway stations, which were designed to cater to the well-heeled corporate crowd, were barely used. And the broad roads and high-tech buildings started looking a little run down. But with the construction of residential complexes, Navi Mumbai has now come alive and has begun to draw a significant amount of interest from the very people that once shunned it.

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) is singularly responsible for Navi Mumbai's success. CIDCO was formed with the aim of creating a counter-magnet to Mumbai. And that is exactly what it is in the process of accomplishing. To begin with, the Government of Maharashtra acquired 344 square kilometres of land on the mainland across Thane Creek and handed it over to CIDCO to create 14 nodes. Indicative of CIDCO's success in the venture is the fact that from a body with an initial subscribed capital of Rs.3.95 crores it has grown to one with a staggering Rs.600 crores-plus annual turnover. Its total investment in city building projects today is to the tune of Rs.7,972 crores.





Vinay Mohan Lal, Chairman of CIDCO.

Owing to CIDCO's meticulous planning, Navi Mumbai today has 1.3 million people who opted to relocate to its pleasant environs. Sixty-seven per cent of these families live in ownership houses and 74 per cent reside in CIDCO houses. Of the working population, 63 per cent is employed within the city, with 60 per cent engaged in office-oriented jobs. Seventy-five per cent of the residents are "fully satisfied with the various social facilities, especially the educational facilities," says CIDCO Chairman Vinay Mohan Lal.

Quality housing at affordable prices has been CIDCO's main aim and this has become its key selling point. Housing in Navi Mumbai is available for people of every income group, including the affluent non-resident Indians (NRIs). One of the main reasons why houses in Navi Mumbai became popular is that CIDCO provided land at concessional prices for educational establishments. "Good schools and colleges are sought after, and many Mumbai families have found that the new township has met their demands in more ways than one,'' Vinay Mohan Lal told Frontline. "Moreover, the roads never get flooded and the environment is clean. People have realised the merits of this area.''

With regard to civic amenities such as water and power supply and waste disposal, the planners have taken care to provide independent facilities for each node. For instance, aerated lagoon-type sewerage treatment plants have been developed for each node and the effluent discharge conforms to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board standards. Reliable and adequate power supply has been provided to the city, keeping in mind future needs. Similarly, water supply systems have been developed with prudence. Potable water is supplied in abundance; distribution networks with storage tanks have been established in each node.

For those who still have to commute to Mumbai, CIDCO has kept its commitment of setting up a mass rapid transit system covering 200 km, spread over six rail corridors and 30 stations. The corridors connect Navi Mumbai with Mumbai and Thane. The Mankhurd-Panvel rail corridor has been commissioned. This would be one of the biggest rail projects post-Independence, says Mohan Lal. The initiative to promote water transport between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was aborted owing to some internal problems. The idea was to operate hovercraft services between the Gateway of India and Belapur, which would cater to south Mumbai businesses. Efforts are on to resume the services.

According to Mohan Lal, the city's progress is based on economic centres. In the heart of the city, a central business district has been developed on 575 hectares. "It is 20 times larger than Nariman Point, the central business district area in south Mumbai," the Chairman said. There are already several economic and government administrative activities concentrated in the area. The Reserve Bank of India, nationalised banks, the Konkan Bhavan, the Cotton Corporation of India and the Konkan Railway have offices there.

The "New Millennium City'' in Navi Mumbai is becoming popular. It forms a major part of the "Knowledge Corridor'' that spans Mumbai and Pune. One of the first projects of CIDCO after it created Navi Mumbai was to build the International Infotech Park at Vashi and the International Technology Park at Belapur. Both are well-equipped Information Technology centres. "The jewel of Navi Mumbai's IT sector is Reliance Infocom's Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City at Koparkhairane,'' says Mohan Lal. The IT companies in Navi Mumbai include Wipro Ltd, CMC, Tata Consultancy Services, Aptech, Track Mail, ICICI Infotech and PCS.






After creating a modern-day city, CIDCO is now moving on to other ventures. The Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (NMSEZ) and a new international airport are two of its latest projects. NMSEZ, says Mohan Lal, is a deemed foreign territory for the purposes of trade operations, duties and tariffs. "It reflects the latest and perhaps the finest thinking so far on India's export policy and may even present the future of industrial development strategy." The Government of India (GoI) gave its approval in May 2000 for setting up a Special Export Zone (SEZ) in Navi Mumbai and asked the Government of Maharashtra (GoM) to fulfil the criteria laid down in the EXIM policy. The GoM prepared a detailed policy directive regarding the various incentives applicable to SEZs set up in Maharashtra. Incidentally, Maharashtra is the first State to announce such a policy. The GoI granted formal approval to the project in 2002. The GoM then appointed CIDCO as the nodal agency for implementing the NMSEZ project.

A task force was created within CIDCO to implement the SEZ project, in January 2001. The total project area is approximately 4,377 ha. Of this, 1,850 ha is in the Regional Park Zone and is meant for low-intensity development such as housing, golf courses and entertainment facilities. The remaining area of approximately 2,527 ha is meant for industrial activity. About 95 per cent of this land is already in CIDCO's possession.

While Mumbai's Sahar airport is able to handle most of the international air traffic, building a second international airport in Navi Mumbai has become necessary to ease the pressure. CIDCO has reserved land for the project at a strategic location, easily accessible by all modes of transport. After it gets the clearance from the Union Cabinet, CIDCO will undertake work on the airport project. "We aim to complete both the SEZ and the airport by 2007," Mohan Lal says.

Over the past three decades CIDCO, has expanded its horizons beyond Navi Mumbai. It has taken up similar tasks elsewhere in Maharashtra, at New Aurangabad, New Nanded, New Nashik, Waluj Mahanagar, Meghboot-New Nagpir Oras and Vasai-Virar. Having become a premier infrastructure development agency, it has also undertaken consultancy in infrastructure development and planning in Kerala, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

Palm Beach Expressway....

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The expressway looks so good. It is like being in a first world country. Keep it up Navi Mumbai. I hope this becomes city acquires a skyline like that of NYC.

more information about a project I had posted earlier. This is really interesting.

How do you plan an entire housing complex so that each an every home gets an unimpeded view of the sea?

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/703palm(pv).jpg

Palm Beach Residency, being constructed by Vijay Associates (Wadhwa Developers) on the 12.5-km-long Palm Beach Road at Navi Mumbai, has been designed to be one of the widest residential project in the country, running a length of almost 360 metres and a peripheral face of over 2,745 metres.

This has ensured that all apartments have a sea view, with natural light and fresh westerly breeze.

The 792 two- and three-bedroom apartments have been planned in a smooth interceded arc designed to canalise wind flow.

The building has a host of automation systems that monitor key functions like water level, besides giving residents Electronic Access Control a Digital Home Server Display that will photograph visitors.

External lighting is controlled by a sensor that requires no human intervention.

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/701palm(mp).jpg

NeelSidhi Towers (2 towers - 17 storeys)
Plot No. - 195, Sector-12, Vashi,
Navi Mumbai.

http://www.neelsidhi.com/images/thumbnails/neelsidhi_towers.jpg

For a larger pic http://www.neelsidhi.com/images/bldgs/neelsidhi_towers.jpg

Completed

Balaji Garden
Sector - 11, Koperkhairane,
Navi Mumbai.

http://www.neelsidhi.com/images/thumbnails/balaji_garden.jpg

Balaji Aangan
Plot No. I-1, Sector - 3, Kharghar,
Opp. Kharghar Railway Station,
Navi Mumbai.


http://www.neelsidhi.com/images/thumbnails/balaji_aangan.jpg

more information about a project I had posted earlier. This is really interesting.

How do you plan an entire housing complex so that each an every home gets an unimpeded view of the sea?

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/703palm(pv).jpg

Palm Beach Residency, being constructed by Vijay Associates (Wadhwa Developers) on the 12.5-km-long Palm Beach Road at Navi Mumbai, has been designed to be one of the widest residential project in the country, running a length of almost 360 metres and a peripheral face of over 2,745 metres.

This has ensured that all apartments have a sea view, with natural light and fresh westerly breeze.

The 792 two- and three-bedroom apartments have been planned in a smooth interceded arc designed to canalise wind flow.

The building has a host of automation systems that monitor key functions like water level, besides giving residents Electronic Access Control a Digital Home Server Display that will photograph visitors.

External lighting is controlled by a sensor that requires no human intervention.

http://www.wadhwadevelopers.com/images/701palm(mp).jpg

Another report

India's longest building in Navi Mumbai
By: Gigil Verghese
December 4, 2004
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Work began three months ago in Navi Mumbai on what will be — at 360 metres — India's longest residential building.

The Palm Beach Residency will be as long as an 18-coach train (most outstation trains) and stand 23 floors high on Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai.

Currently, India’s longest building, according to the Limca Book of ecords, is the 180-metre Lake Castle of the Hiranandani Group, designed by Hafeez Contractor.

The building will have nine interlinked wings and contain 792 two and three-bedroom flats. The developer, Sanjay Chhabria of Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers, said, “We did not want to make or break any record. We just wanted to ensure that each buyer got an unrestricted view of the sea.”

Another reason developers prefer (space permitting, of course) long buildings over skyscrapers is that they can avoid the mandatory space that they would need to leave between adjoining towers.

“This way, they can make full use of the FSI (floor space index) available,” said architect Mukesh Mehta.

The project began three months ago and is expected to be completed in 30 months. The rate will be about Rs 2,500 per sq ft.

Lambi race ka ghoda

360
The length, in metres, of the Palm Beach Residency

23
The number of floors it will have

792
The number of flats it will contain

80
The cost of construction, in crores of rupees

2.5
The time, in years, to completion (building began 3 months ago)

2,500
Likely rate per square foot


Now personally I like these towers, but I wish they were taller really, like they could've made another two SD towers in palm beach. :D But this will look good anywayz....

this will sure look nice..will change the navi-mumbai skyline:)

i guess it is photo-session in 2006 then:)

Man, you can sure get a lot of value for your buck in the indian construction industry! 800 apartments @ 80 crores only, with a lot of interesting and intelligent features. It's like 15 million USD, and for this money you can't even construct 80 apartments in Sweden.

Even the elite SD project is not projected to cost more than 2 billion rupees. That's not even more than 45 million USD, and yet we'll be getting India's tallest twins with that sort of money. I am confounded that apart from labor, what else is cheap in the indian construction industry? Surely, it cannot be the real estate, because cities like Mumbai and Delhi are the costliest, even by International standards! And on top of that, you have companies using costly imported floorings, tilings and toileteries. And now, you also have projects with multilayer parking, rainwater harvesting, intelligent building features and what not....

I currently have an office in Andheri, Mumbai with plenty of financial analysts working for me. Check us out at www.aranca.com, a financial research outsourcing firm.

Do you guys think that it'd be better for me to move my delivery center to Navi Mumbai? Looks like its got plenty of potential. How is the IT connectivity infrastructure and ambience for office spaces, esp. for financial researchers who would like to work in noise-free, good quality air, short-commute, intellectually-stimulating environment?

Thanks.

Do you guys think that it'd be better for me to move my delivery center to Navi Mumbai? Looks like its got plenty of potential. How is the IT connectivity infrastructure and ambience for office spaces, esp. for financial researchers who would like to work in noise-free, good quality air, short-commute, intellectually-stimulating environment? Thanks.

That's a decision you will have to make. Navi Mumbai is a nice place to stay and work.

White House, Plot No - 10, Sector -19A,
Nerul, Navi Mumbai

http://www.architecturaldesignonline.com/images/projects/yash40.JPG

Mall Boom now in Vashi, Navi Mumbai (http://www.mid-day.com/metro/vashi/2004/december/99582.htm)



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Raghuleela Mega Mall

Developer
Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers

Location
Opposite Vashi railway station

Tentative opening date
Early 2005

What’s unique to Raghuleela Mega Mall?
• The 12 floors will cover a total area of 9,50,000 sq ft
• Basement parking arrangement for over 700 cars
• The ground floor and the three floors will be exclusively for shopping and the fourth floor will be an open terrace area
• Floors five to 12 will be an IT park
• A six-screen multiplex is being planned.
• Food court and seating arrangement for over 1,000 people

9,50,000 sq ft
The area of the mall

12
The number of floors the mall will have

6
The number of screens the mall’s multiplex will have

1,000
The number of people the food court can accommodate completely restored
Source: Developers

‘The mall will house all major brands’

A source close to the developer of Raghuleela Mega Mall says, “Major Indian and international brands will set up stores at Raghuleela Mega Mall. Also, Food Bazaar, Big Bazaar and Pantaloons will shift here from Center One. An area of 80,000 sq ft housing Big Bazaar and other shops is expected to be inaugurated early next year.”



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City Center

Developer
Akshar Developers

Location
Palm Beach Road, Sector 19, Vashi

Tentative opening date
Mid-2005

What’s unique to City Center?
• The mall will be spread across an area of 2.70 lakh sq ft
• It will have a two-level basement parking facility for over 700 cars
• It will have 300 shops and boutiques, three multiplexes with 415 seats each and 60 food courts
• It will have a ground floor atrium of 27,000 sq ft
• The mall will have two hypermarkets of 18,000 sq ft each and
three open terrace restaurants

2.70 lakh sq ft
The area of the mall

300
The number of shops and boutiques in the mall

700
The number of cars that can be parked at the mall
Source: Developers

‘City Centre will be one of its kind in Navi Mumbai’

Says Manoj Gogia, in-charge of the project, “City Centre will be one of its kind in Navi Mumbai and will have all the top leading boutiques and international labels under one roof. The group is already catering to the needs of the city's residents through Green City, a departmental store in Sector 17, Vashi.”


http://www.mid-day.com/ArticleImages/images44/shopping17122004151621.jpg

Raghuleela Shopping Mall

Developer
Vijay Associates (Wadhwa) Developers

Location
Sector 4, Nerul, near Palm Beach Road

Tentative opening date
Late 2005

‘The mall will be located in a housing complex’

Though the developers do not wish to reveal more about the plans, a source close to the developer tells us that the mall will be the first in Nerul.

“Raghuleela Shopping Complex is located inside Raghuleela Housing Complex, which has a record of being the longest building in Asia. It will have two floors of shopping area, which will house all leading national and international brands.”

Late 2005
The tentative time of the opening of this complex

I can VEHEMNTLY claim myself to be a resident of Navi Mumbai, though I live most of the year in Hong Kong. My last trip there lasted almost 2 months with heavy commuting from Vashi to the CBD Belapur.

There are two old adages "A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS" and "NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER".

The pictures of Palm Beach Road (Xpway????!!!) are akin to comparing the above two adages. Yes, compared to all other city roads, this road is superb by Indian standards. But that's all there is to it. Width to width, length to length of the Palm Beach road is lovely in pictures. What they DO NOT show you are the side roads that jut into areas left and right of this road. One moment you feel you are on a 21st Century Indian road and the next turn to the left or right into smaller roads bring you to the harsh reality that yes Bhai-log, we are in Mera Bharat Mahaan of yesteryears.

Gravel, dust, potholes on the side roads are still a reality. Road markings disappear as you move towards CBD Belapur (only lane markings, but most are fading). Pedestrian walkways / footpaths - once tiled and spick and span, are now gathering dust, most tiles broken due to wear and tear, and once broken, expose the soil / loose cement underneath.

Palm Beach road used to have reflective edge markers (black and white poles with red reflectives on top) on both sides of the road. Over the years, these have disappeared. Some stretches have them but there is no regularity.. You can even find some bent or mowed down by cars. THose that remain, will be yanked out and stolen by miscreants in no time.

Road turbulence once upon a time was nil on P.B.Road. Three monsoons off and you can now see a few depressions, which, if left neglected, will certainly create craters and then pot holes in the coming months. In some sections loose gravel gives you the cracking sound underneath your vehicles chassis.

The access roundabout to Palm Beach Road (some distance off the Vashi toll gate) has a HUGE 0.5 x 2 meter scrape hole !! Many innocent drivers have had their chassis scraped underneath. No warnings or conical markers warn you.

It is not a sin to fantasize about Palm Beach Road LOOKING like some road in a first world country. I would say that it can still be a FIRST WORLD, FIRST CLASS ROAD but provided, the CIDCO officials ** take note of the deterioration on the stretch.

Unfortunately they don't. My complaints and suggestions to CIDCO officials resulted in them passing the buck to the next official and next department responsible for the upkeep of this road. And guess what my dear friends? For an organisation like CIDCO, you would guess that all roads under its administration are under ONE CIVIC ENGINEER? For each sector, they have different C.E for roads. Talk about efficiency? None at Cidco my dear friends.

I will be in Nerul again on 24th Dec thru 2nd Jan 05. I will certainly shoot pix of the deterioration for you all to see.

Cheers
p2p4


The expressway looks so good. It is like being in a first world country. Keep it up Navi Mumbai. I hope this becomes city acquires a skyline like that of NYC.

I will be in Nerul again on 24th Dec thru 2nd Jan 05. I will certainly shoot pix of the deterioration for you all to see.

Cheers
p2p4

Basically what we need is a will to do well. That doesn't exist in most government setups. CIDCO is no exception though I would say it is probably one of the better ones in the country. However I don't see why we should have multiple organizations like NMMC and CIDCO controlling a city. That also creates problems.

Well apart from the deterioration (which has been reported by Kshatriya quoting a newsreport) also shoot pictures of the highrise buildings.

A few pictures of Sagar Dasrshan and Sea Breaze and other highrises woud be great (since this is skyscrapercity!). ANd there are some highrises on some of the hilltops too. If you can get pics of highrises in CBD that would be great too.

Palmsprings

http://www.pravinelectricals.com/images/palmsprings.jpg

I can see why some people are frustrated as to the uneven infrastructure. I can clearly see why. That's because there are no standards and if there are some, they are not being enforced like with almost any other thing in India.

I dont know if the national or state highway authoroties yet have a standardized naming and road markings standrad for the entire country. Also, not sure if the roads are all named properly and North/South/East/West directions identified like in the US. Building roads is only one part, taking care of the users is a totally different concept. Are exits clearly marked a mile or so in advance? Are there multiple signs so that people dont miss exits? Is there a highway traffic patrol to prevent highway traffic crimes? Knowing how India is very poor on enforcement and sticking to standards, I think we are a thousnad years from having standardized infrastructure. Pocets of roads will look good and I bet each road has its own set of markings. I dont think even road signs like "no overtaking", "right/left turns" etc. are standardized. How about the markings on the road itself? In the US, the markings like lane separators and other stuff convey a lot of information to the road users.

Unless, the nation and its bureaucrats learn how to do things in a standrd sort of wya and understand the importance of doing things in a structured, methodical fashion, we are going to be very slow in improvements. For example, how do you expect me to drive a world class car on a good Indian highway if the supporting roads and inner city roads are very bad? My car sure will break down once I get off the highway.Therein lies the poor thinking of the planners. We never had good planners to begin with, in any case.

:bash: :bash: :bash:

Will Navi mumbai's skyline change? An increase in FSI.....


A new sunrise

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, JANUARY 01, 2005 03:53:02 PM ]


Many an oak tree, it is said, grows from small acorns. Navi Mumbai's property markets are likely to witness a similar development in the near future with City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) allowing five buildings in Vashi the permission to use additional FSI for redevelopment.


According to CIDCO officials, this permission to JN-3 Type Apartment Owners Association will soon be implemented across several old CIDCO constructions in Vashi, Ghansoli, Koparkhairne and Airoli.

The change is likely to pave the way for the redevelopment of over 300 such buildings in Vashi itself and may eventually benefit more than 200,000 residents in the lower and middle-income groups.

These tenements were built by CIDCO over 25 years ago and quite a few of them are in a state of extreme disrepair. Unfortunately for the residents, no developer was willing to re-develop them because of the low FSI 1.0, which was prevalent.

Haribhau Samantkar, a resident, says, "We have been living here since 23 years and facing problems like leakage and water shortage. Despite protests, no corrective measures have been taken. It was beyond the capacity of poor residents like us to get such a building repaired."

Kishore Patkar, the local NMMC corporator who took the lead in taking up the issue with CIDCO, says, "These buildings have not been repaired since 25 years. They have cracked in many places. Even some of the slabs have broken. They are in such a pathetic condition that they could crumble any time. Considering this we requested CIDCO's Managing Director Vinay Mohanlal to take immediate action."

Finally all residents' associations came together and following their pressure, CIDCO decided to enhance the FSI to 1.5.

According to Patkar, CIDCO's decision of increase in FSI is not only going to benefit these five buildings but all CIDCO-developed buildings that are in a bad condition.

Residents like Samantkar are understandably ecstatic. "We will get a house of 980 sq. ft. in return of 450 sq. ft. as a result of increase in FSI and that too without spending a penny. For the last 22 years, we have been dreaming of a big, beautiful, fully facilitated house of our ownership," he says.

Vivek Marathe, City Service Manager, CIDCO, says: "Buildings developed by CIDCO spread over more than 1000 sq. meter area will benefit from this decision. Developers, however, will have to pay additional lease premium. They will also need the permission of NMMC for carrying out construction."

An important factor is that with this announcement, CIDCO has also given permission to change the user status of the building from residential to residential-cum-commercial. A maximum 10% of the total area of the building can be given for commercial use.
CIDCO's decision will have a huge impact on the property market of Navi Mumbai, boosting construction of both residential and commercial spaces.

Rajesh Prajapati, Managing Director, Prajapati Constructions Pvt. Ltd., comments, "In fact the decision will prove to be advantageous for the construction business for a long term. Buildings developed by CIDCO will gradually become old and hence for the next ten to fifteen years, developers will get to redevelop them. "Development in Navi Mumbai will now take a new turn. The entire skyline of Navi Mumbai will change. There will be better elevations and more and more towers in place of old dilapidated buildings. “Not only will the builders get new opportunities but residents will also get better and bigger houses," adds Prajapati. "CIDCO'S decision of increase in FSI for redevelopment of CIDCO buildings will bring a tremendous increase in the supply of housing avenues, especially when the decision is implemented all over Navi Mumbai. As the supply increases, property prices will automatically come down," feels property consultant Manohar Shroff. The announcement is also expected to bring stability into Navi Mumbai's property market. Since developers could now develop buildings on land owned by CIDCO instead of buying a new plot for construction, it would lead to lower construction cost. Clearly, residents of Navi Mumbai will have some reasons to smile in the new year.

yh

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/199/nerul1s8oc.jpg

Perhaps we can take the initiative of inviting our great CIDCO officials on this site. They definitely need more exposure of www.skyscrapercity.com than anyone to see what LIES BEYOND the shores of Mumbai.

Forget the taxpayer funded travel to PHOREN LANDS.. they can be in Shanghai / Frankfurt / Singapore / Washington at the click of a mouse.... (broadband willing)

Cheers
p2p4

Buddy SUncity,

Thanks for posting the pix of N/M. Your pic (as below). I wish you get a chance to see this bldg today. It is in a sorry state of affairs with paint reeling off, cracks in the concrete, patchy work and worst of insults to any aesthetics, is the very local mentality of putting up your laundry on the balcony for whole and sundry to see.

:bash:
p2p4

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/199/nerul1s8oc.jpg

Congradulations Navi Mumbai

http://www.hafeezcontractor.com/corporateoffices/competitionjobs/cidco/2.jpg
NEW BOMBAY
CIDCO

http://www.hafeezcontractor.com/corporateoffices/competitionjobs/cidco/2.jpg
NEW BOMBAY
CIDCO

These are competition projects. I doubt that they have been accepted or approved.

From http://metroconstructionco.com/

TULSI GAGAN, Kharghar. A Complex of two towers G+Podium+ 17 upper floors

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Tulsi Heights, New Panvel, G+14

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Tulsi Prerna, New Panvel, Stilt + 14 storey

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Reliance Petroleum HQ

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http://www.glasswallindia.com/images/projects/project/reliance3.jpg

http://www.glasswallindia.com/images/projects/project/reliance7.jpg

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Sagar Darshan and Sea Breeze

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Seawood Complex aerial

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^^^ Great aereal there!!!

Nice aerial....one disturbing sight in the pic though, levelled mangroves, acres of them. :( I guess it is kind of important to the development of the city, but maybe they should've thought about the best possible use and minimize the effects of development before going ahead and clearing them. I dont think sure cheap high rise towers are an acceptable replacement for them.

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Sun ahh awesome pictures!!:)

Reliance Petroleum HQ looks cool and the last pic looks wonderful with forest and highways:)

I do agree that many of Mumbai's buildings aren't especially attractive. However, the new Bandra-Kurla area has some nice modern architecture.

And some of Navi Mumbai's corporate HQs such as the Reliance building, or the Hi-Tech complexes seem really quite attractive.

In any case, in terms of aesthetics, several Indian cities do a lot better than Mumbai - Goa, Kochi, Bhopal - to name just a few.

For India's highest concentration of stylish modern buildings, my choice would probably be Gurgaon, Delhi's southern suburb.

Reliance complex
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BSEL Tech Park
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Thanks Sun in helping me in identifying these buildings....... :)

Navi Mumbai - photos by SandeepB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandeepb/)

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Some grainy Navi Mumbai aerials

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A Happy New Year 2006 to you

Sea Queen Heritage from National Builders(24 floors)

http://www.sunnybuilders.org/projects/images/completed/zoom/heritage.jpg

Whatz that domed strucutre? a railway station? But no rails seen??

Also whatz that waterbody? Powai Lake?

Some grainy Navi Mumbai aerials

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Whatz that domed strucutre? a railway station? But no rails seen??

Also whatz that waterbody? Powai Lake?


That's Turbhe station. More here (http://www.hafeezcontractor.com/public/trubbhe/trumbhe-frame.html).

The waterbody is the Thane Creek which separates Mumbai "island" from Navi Mumbai mainland.

Thanks Sun... :)

That's Turbhe station. More here (http://www.hafeezcontractor.com/public/trubbhe/trumbhe-frame.html).

The waterbody is the Thane Creek which separates Mumbai "island" from Navi Mumbai mainland.

Vashi station too is similar . But it has got a commercial complex too if I remember correctly.

Vashi station also has an IT Park integrated with it.....:) Integrating commerce with railways stations is an old concept, one of the best examples being NYC's Grand Central Station. :)

Yes.. it was ready as far back as 2002.

sorry

Can ay one tell me the ongoing rates of New Panvel Kamothe.

Any new projects from reputed builders???

Ha Ha... real estate deals being fixed on SSC... good "diversification" :D

Mukesh Ambani to set up corporate city (http://business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=213985)

Six months after he agreed to vacate the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City for younger brother Anil, Mukesh Ambani is drawing up plans to set up an even bigger complex � the Dhirubhai Ambani Corporate City � complete with a lake and a forest reserve in Navi Mumbai.

Spread over 180 acres, the Dhirubhai Ambani Corporate City will be about 40 acres bigger than the Dhirubhai Knowledge City. At present, the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City is the headquarters of Reliance Industries.

Sources close to the development said the Dhirubhai Ambani Corporate City would be built in two phases.

In the first phase, Reliance Industries will build two towers for its national headquarters and petroleum headquarters. In the second phase, the company will set up retail malls.

With 14 buildings spread over 2.2 million sq ft of office space, the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City can accommodate 10,000 people.

The nerve-centre of this complex is a spectacular 110,000 sq ft national network operations centre which controls the entire network of Reliance Infocomm, covering 60,000 km of optic fibre. The complex has a lake and a temple.

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Nerul
photos by mercurian

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Kharghar - vew from Kharghar hills during monsoons - photo geetu

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nice pics, I had to post something. This thread was getting no attention.

Nice pics Suncity

Navi Mumbai - plenty of construction
(some kind of race going on)
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photo copyright sandev

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Aerial
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Nice ! New bombay is like the underdog with great potential .

A mall at Vashi
Copyright sahaj

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nice Vashi scapes

Nice ! New bombay is like the underdog with great potential .



Navi Mumbai always had a lot of potential but sadly the lack of fast connections with Mumbai has come as road block. If they could build a couple of rail and road tunnels connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, it would have surely led to a bigger boom much earlier.

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A repeat
photo copyright Kaustubh Patil

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copyright leo_ori

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NICE!!!

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What is that structures in water? Is it for marking the boundary or shallow waters?

The Images Are great

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fundu photo Sun :eek2:

Real Estate Mumbai has some awesome new photos

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^ Belapur Aerial

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^ Nerul Aerial

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^ Kahrghar

Nice ones Jai..
Is that flyover the one in front of Vashi station ? It was under construction when I was there 2-3 years back.

Is that flyover the one in front of Vashi station ? It was under construction when I was there 2-3 years back.

Assuming you are referring to the third picture, that bridge is in Kharghar and not Vashi.


photos coyright Suraj (ssc forumer)

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Zooming in on Kharghar - look at the number of highrises!
photos copyright Sandev

Utsav Circle

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A view of Kharghar Station and surroundings
photo copyright Sameer More

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/5127/belapurpanvelsameermore6fy.jpg

I don't really like the buildings I see. Many are just white. Not best paint jobs. Not much commercial. Concrete slabs. not all are artistic kind of.

I don't really like the buildings I see. Many are just white. Not best paint jobs. Not much commercial. Concrete slabs. not all are artistic kind of.

yup, magestom

But the city looks well planned out, for a change. Photos are nice, Sun

yup, magestom

But the city looks well planned out, for a change. Photos are nice, Sun

It is pretty well planned though I think they could do much better on the building aesthetics department.

Here are some google earth images of

BELAPUR CBD

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http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2050/belapurcbd1ggl16vj.jpg

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http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8271/belapurcity3ggl32is.jpg

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http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/953/belapurcityggl25cs.jpg

NERUL

Sea Breeze and Sagar Darshan Towers

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8892/nerulsagardarshanhighggl22re.jpg

Seawoods Complex

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9179/nerulseawoodsggl11tl.jpg

VASHI

Sector 17 - the business + residential district of Vashi

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9509/vashisec17ggl17az.jpg

And location of sector 17 (Red Box) in an overview of Navi Mumbai

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1586/navimumbaioverviewggl31ll.jpg

NERUL

Sea Breeze and Sagar Darshan Towers

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8892/nerulsagardarshanhighggl22re.jpg



A sunset picture of this area

photo copyright Aaina

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9154/sunsetnerulaina5ny.jpg

pic by dbtorp.

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2729/169386241d7041e0021o2wd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Could some one post some pics of the sanpada area. Specifically, I'm interested in the area in and around a new development by the name Sai Pride.

Photo copyright Ryan Fernandes

Nerul Belapur area

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http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5554/navimumbaiaerial2ryanfernandes.jpg

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Nerul again from Parsik Hills in Belapur.
photo copyright Dharmesh Thakkar

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2421/neruldharmeshthakker5so.jpg

You can see some skyscrapers of Mumbai (maybe Anushakti Nagar or maybe even further down - too faint to make out) across the creek under the sunlight.

Belapur

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5746/belapurcbddnats8.jpg


Seawoods

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8792/navimumbai4dnaseditedlw1.jpg

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http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/3023/mumbaiconstdnara2.jpg

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http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6493/navimumbaidnamumyh8.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7804/kharghar2dna2mumbaiev4.jpg

Vashi

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2729/navimumbai11dnavu8.jpg


Kharghar

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5162/khargharnightviewdnasr1.jpg


Population explosion awaits city
http://digital.dnaindia.com/showstory.aspx?queryed=15&querypage=1&boxid=30877128&parentid=20491&eddate=Jul%2013%202006%2012:00AM

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is expecting a 100 per cent rise in citys population within a decade. When the 2011 census will be conducted, the citys population is likely to be 14,60,000 which was 7,30,000 as per the census conducted in 2001.

The national census carried out in 2001 revealed that the population of the satellite city has risen by 100 per cent and the civic body is expecting the same in the next census.

Asked about the existing population of the city, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Amrish Patnigire said, “The population is much larger today since it is increasing at the rate of 20 per cent per annum.”

The main reason behind this increase is the migration of newly married couples. One of the officials at NMMC said, “Due to this factor, of the existing total population, majority comprises of children and people between the age group of 30 and 40.”

About areawise population under the NMMC limits, he said, “Nerul is the most populated area. Initially, it was Vashi but later Nerul became the most sought after node since it has a larger area and good infrastructure.” With the number of schools and colleges increasing, the node is attracting more people.
Even as it is expected that the city is growing in numbers, a survey conducted an year back by CIDCO and Pune-based Kirloskar Consultants, projected that Navi Mumbai is also the richest among the Mumbai metropolitan region.

The average monthly family income of Navi Mumbai is Rs 12,691 with families in Vashi earning the highest amount of Rs 15,709 per month. Comparatively, a Mumbai family, earns just Rs 7,000 per month.

wow .. great pictures Suncity :)

We need really need super tall office towers in Navi Mumbai ! .. preferably across the creek ! :D

I don't really like the buildings I see. Many are just white. Not best paint jobs. Not much commercial. Concrete slabs. not all are artistic kind of.

I think that too - its the same allover India - the buildings look dry for some reason, not shiney and metal or glass clad - there is no reason residential blocks shouldnt be even when offices arnt going up. When you compare to a city like Shenzhen in China, there is a difference in atmosphere. Architects just build solid white or creme coloured blocks - I wouldnt mind some red brick midrises and stuff.

Navi Mumbai was planned with lots of hope and hype. But it didn't live upto its potential. The primary reason is lack of links to Mumbai. Just two bridges at the northern end! They have to build that sea bridge that will connect to south central Mumbai - flamingos or no flamingos. Otherwise the city will not serve the purpose of decongestion of Mumbai.

The saddest failure has been CBD Belapur. What could have been India's second financial and economic hub is relatively a ghost town with lots of weird concrete architecture with cracks all over. And heavy monsoons just wash away all those colourful paints.

Mumbai's northern suburbs have meanwhile boomed despite no planning. Goes on to show that people will prefer places that have better communication than planned cities which are not integrated with the main city.

In stark contrast to Navi Mumbai's failure (to live up to the hype) are cities like Salt Lake in Kolkata and Noida and Gurgaon in Delhi. Yet Navi Mumbai supposedly is managed by one of the best development organizations in the country - CIDCO.

Another interesting fact is that most big time builders based in Mumbai have not invested much in Navi Mumbai.

Navi Mumbai is a very nice place to live in as long as you don't have to go through Mankhurd, Govandi and Kurla to get to south Mumbai.

Sanpada - the older lowrise blocks with the new Highrise blocks coming up

photo copyright anarchytect

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/2170/sanpadaanarchyetctot2.jpg

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2500/nmumbaicolddnahx4.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8190/navimumbaidnaviewwa8.jpg

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8815/navimumbaicitydnaviewdd6.jpg

The highrise construction boom...

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2690/vashipalmhigdnabd5.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5503/navimumbaipalmbeachdnawu6.jpg

so far, most/all are residential

why cant indian offices be in nice glass skyscrapers instead they're always on large, very lavish in the far off suburbs

Belapur

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/554/belapurdnacityeq5.jpg

Millenium Towers, Sanpada

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/543/milleniumtowerssanpadadnagv4.jpg

photo copyright kaustubh patil

http://img25.echo.cx/img25/781/belapurcbd2small4hs.jpg

Navi Mumbai is blessed with a lot of scenic areas. Some of these places become even more beautiful during the monsoons! With waterfalls plunging down the hill sides, it is a scene to be seen. Kharghar is one of the nodes (like Belapur, Vashi, Nerul etc) of Navi Mumbai. It is under development.

The road to Kharghar Hills
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http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9015/khargahrwater2sb.jpg

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http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9133/khargharnavimumbai8vk.jpg

Navi Mumbai's ugliest residential skyscraper building vote goes to SAGAR DARSHAN ! What started as a unique design with an attainment of ambience, has been marred and violently 'raped' by the residents of this building who have now made it look like a slum dwelling !

The biggest gripe of all it that, this complex has cracks on all its buildings and maintenance is an all time low. Balconies have been altered with devil-may-care aesthetics! Paint jobs are not of the highest order and what could have been a 'unique' design, has come to a rabid free for all - with residents painting the outsides of their balconies in whatever colors they want. :bash: :bash: :scouserd: :runaway:

There are many eyesores on the Palm Beach Road but Sagar Darshan beats everyone else hands down... even the creaking CBD area of Belapur!

I agree, Navi Mumbai has turned out to be a big disppointment.

It could have been a great satellite city & opportunity to decongest Mumbai island but that wont happen due to the quality of buildings and the way it has been planned.

I think its the design of the buildings and also the piant washed off by the rain. A relatively new town looking old and rundown already what a terrible shame.

Some buildings are ok but most are a let down.

Hope the new SEZ that is planned will help in restoring the image.

^^
Unlike Mumbai though, Navi Mumbai still can be improved. But one can have very little faith in government agencies like CIDCO or MMRDA.

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Reliance's project - Beverly Park - for its employees
DNA reports that the project has run into the usual problems of opposition and allegations..

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/918/reliancebeverlyparkdnamh7.jpg

Considering the fact that it is meant of middle and lower income groups they've done a good job.Belapur and Kharghar looks great rest are mehhh

Sanpada

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http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/2933/sanpadadnaij3.jpg

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http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/925/sanpadaviewdnadj8.jpg

I had to chop off the blue skies and leave behind the grainy grey hues to reduce size

An interesting Navi Mumbai Panorama

photo copyright yoja

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http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8366/navimumbaipanoramayojasan4.jpg

Wow....nice pics. there man.

Keep up the gud work. :scouserd:

Belapur

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9225/belapurpanossj1.jpg

Sanpada images look amazing. Its like Hong Kong suburb in the making.

I dont like Navi Mumbai at all from the photos.

Some of the buildings look awful and some look really old & scruffy already - NEW MUMBAI? HUH!

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7641/navimumbai4dnaseditedbh0.jpg

Ive got no architectural background as you know - but when I look at some of these new buildings, they simply dont look appealing to me - they remind me of the dreaded counsil estates of Britian - bland and beige.

i dont know, but i find most of urban indian architecture post-independence absolutely uninspiring. look at new urban spaces all over india, away from the old towns (pre-british) and the british-planned areas, and they are almost all just boring concrete jungles with no regard to aesthetics or integrated design. great cities are also beautiful cities, with great public buildings, etc and there are not many in india. if you think the situation in metros is bad you should check out towns and cities in the 100,000-5 million pop range. the situation cannot be described as anything but an urban nightmare. even the old chawls of bombay look much more elegant and beautiful than anything new bombay has

I agree about the chawls - some of these old dilapidated buildings, depsite being slums, are actually better looking than modern blocks, which all seem to be painted in a bland desert colour (India needs to emphises its green-ness). I rather see red brick TBH.

If I posted a shot of some similar buildings in Tokyo or HK, they would look far better.

Reasons for N.Mumbai buildings going shabby :

1) Pollution / Dust clouds from nearby mining areas (particularly towards northern side of N.Mumbai). IN winter, with dense air, the cloud of mining/blasting run-off is particularly bad). The dust settles on exteriors of buildings which in turn give nesting ground to moss in humid weather.

2) Lack of architectural harmony due to many standalone buildings. A group of say 20 buildings in a form of 'estate' could give that harmony but thats not the case.

3) Outright plagiarism of design. How many apartments in N.Mumbai have curved windows ? Nearly all. Do we see any departure from this copied design? No.

4) Shoddy quality of work. I.e Window sills in majority of N.M buildings have rust run-off within 3 years of a building going up.

5) Environmental harmony lacking. Landscaping - except on Palm Beach Road - is unheard of. Even those developments that have landscaping, are utterly ignored. (For proof, go towards Belapur and you will see sidewalks having broken tiles, dug up holes and lack of maintenance).

6) All highrises in N.Mumbai have painted exteriors which again are breeding grounds for moss / rot due to weather factors. If they were tiled (1"x1" format tiles usually a norm in East Asia), they would have a much fresher look.

7) Clumpy, box like buildings. None of the new developments have any aesthetics of designs. Builders/developers seem to be hungry to BUILD FAST, EARN FAST.

8) Civic sense in buildings is unheard of. If Mumbai went Singapore's NANNY WAY, most balconys would not have 'langotisc chaddis saris pyjamas' hanging out on the balcony.

These are just a few examples... more to come in pictures when I visit Mumbai for Diwali. But my last line would be this - Navi Mumbai can never be the posh South Mumbai.

Regds
p2p4

I agree about the chawls - some of these old dilapidated buildings, depsite being slums, are actually better looking than modern blocks, which all seem to be painted in a bland desert colour (India needs to emphises its green-ness). I rather see red brick TBH.

If I posted a shot of some similar buildings in Tokyo or HK, they would look far better.

If they were tiled (1"x1" format tiles usually a norm in East Asia), they would have a much fresher look.

This seems to be the biggest thing - why the hell does a country like India not use tiles?

HI Vastu,

The basic reason why Indian builders wont touch ceramic tiles is because of the restrictive costs. When I speak of ceramic tiles, I don't mean the ones you find in the toilets but 'textured' exterior tiles which are composites (granite+ceramic) or shale types.

The tile industry is not as developed in India and as of date, much of the material that is available in India, comes from Italy/Spain/China/Argentina etc.

On the other hand, it is not only the tiling that is the problem. The basic design of exteriors is basically 'horrid' in most middle class neighborhoods.

If you see COCHIN (skyscrapercity thread), the buildings built there are so damn refreshing to look at. Wish Mumbai builders followed their example.


This seems to be the biggest thing - why the hell does a country like India not use tiles?

Cant they use glass or is it too expensive for non-office stuff?

photo copyright sujata

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7018/dakc1sujatasgp7.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7448/dakc2sujata2slq9.jpg

Sunset

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8531/navimumbaiskylitdnawb0.jpg

Nice pix Suncity

India certainly looks good on pictures and films (all because of color saturation) ;)

The lakes and ponds of Navi Mumbai are 1) either vanishing fast .. thanks to dumping of rubble and waste or 2) there is absolutely no planning for a systematic revamp of existing lakes.

The pic you posted (Suncity), was a lake (now a pond) right in between Seawoods and Delhi Public School. Give it another 2 years time and it will be a rubbish dump.

Navi Mumbai.. truly a sorry state of affairs... :(

Sunset

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8531/navimumbaiskylitdnawb0.jpg

Hexaware

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/9028/hexawaremahape12lj.jpg

Panvel
photo copyright czar profundo

The illegal encroachment by vendors of footpaths with blue tarps looks ugly. Residents will complain but they often patronize such vendors encouraging more and more encroachers finally resulting in a mega mess. The authorities of course do nothing as bribes flow their way and they put the blame on residents.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5192/czarprofundopanvelrc2.jpg

Construction..
photo copyright kenmoon

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7665/navimumbaikenmoonry6.jpg

Vashi - the oldest node
photo copyright shyl

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3106/vashishylst6.jpg

photo cc rights brajeswar

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6907/vashibrajeshwarssc2.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8452/navimmbaibrajeshwarcchd9.jpg

i don't understand why they don't draw lanes on city roads, especially in navi mumbai where everything is new.

I am just back from Mumbai and my week-long stay in Nerul has given me a complete idea of how neatly planned roads / infrastructure can go turn into a classic mess if the big M word ... you guessed it right.. MAINTENANCE is not on the agenda.

Palm Beach Road was one of the best and smoothest roads in that area. Was !! Now, much of the road surface is patched up in many different stretches and lanes have weathered. The CIDCO suckers don't give 2 hoots about maintenance and on top of that, traffic related law & order can best be described to Bihar!! Drivers just do not give a damn about red signals and if the countdown on signals is nearing the last 15th second, you will see cars revving up their engine. If you are the first car at the crossing, all the other cars behind you start honking at you! One thing if you are astute.. anotehr thing if you can't take the 'peer-pressure'.

My greatest - and repeated fear - for any new roadworks handled by our authorities is just the same. They will spend millions of rupees in building 'international' style expressways but you as well as I know what a dilapidated state most expressways will be if there is no maintenance.

The only exception to the rule is the complete proficient management of the MUM-PUNE Xpway. Anything beyond that .. especially in Mumbai.. is a hell-hole in the making.

Regds
P2p4





i don't understand why they don't draw lanes on city roads, especially in navi mumbai where everything is new.

Lots of development going on, so thats great, but on the same token I dont think these buildings look nice (both the old and new ones). There's maybe one or two buildings out of all these pictures that is on par with the style of development in China or the Gulf States. I understand that India isnt as rich as either of those countries, but have Gulf companies in particular begun to invest in Indian highrises like theyve done in other places like Sudan?

but have Gulf companies in particular begun to invest in Indian highrises like theyve done in other places like Sudan?

Navi Mumbai's problem is that most projects have been developed by relatively small companies with little or no experience. It is Navi Mumbai's bad luck that it did not get investment from big Indian companies like DLF or Unitech. All that may change if the Reliance SEZ materializes.

India liberalized its policy on FDI in real estate and construction just last year. So foreign companies are still in the exploratory mode.

India is looking towards Singapore and Malaysia for expertise in this area.

As far as Gulf is concerned Emaar already has set up offices in India and has announced several projects. And so has ETA Star.

Some updates (a few months old pics)

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7048/navimumbaicollsgu9.jpg

a few more...

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3324/navimubaipano2sgw6.jpg

Maintenance is not CIDCO's job, it is the job of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation. So yes, maintenance is an issue. But don't blame CIDCO for the problem.

Meridien , Nerul

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8366/1667oth5may2006smd2.jpg http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4016/1667othmay72006sjl4.jpg

Looks good BUT too much contrete & too little glass. Thats not going to look that great when all these are completed.

Shah Heights is planned to be a 19-storey tower, which will be an earthquake proof glass building using elecobond in its design.

http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/3085/shahheightskharghardi9.jpg

Navi Mumbai Corp draws up Rs 2,600cr plan (http://www.business-standard.com/economy/storypage.php?tab=r&autono=264611&subLeft=1&leftnm=3)

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation ((NMMC) has prepared a Rs 2600-crore city development plan, which focuses on improving the connectivity with Mumbai and satellite towns of the metropolis like Kalyan and Vasai.

The corporation has expressed the hope of getting grants from the central and state governments under the National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM) to execute the plan.

Under the connectivity improvement scheme, the ring railway route has been proposed by upgrading the existing rail network as well as laying the new line.

The plan envisages connecting Navi Mumbai with Kalyan via Diva, and laying of Thane-Vashi-Kurla-Thane ring route on the suburban railway.

The plan also envisages extension of the present suburban trains up to Uran instead of stopping it at Panvel as it would provide faster and cheaper access to those who work at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).

Besides, the plan talks of four-laning the route between Mankhurd and Belapur to ensure higher frequency on the harbour-suburban route.

Ferry service has also been envisaged between Vasai and Belapur to facilitate direct connectivity of Navi Mumbai with the western suburbs of the city.

The proposed ferry service would have stops at Vashi, Nerul, Airoli, Thane and Ghodbandar.

The plan stresses the need for a third bridge on Thane creek to connect Kannmwarnagar in Mumbai with Koparkhairane in Navi Mumbai, which would provide easy access to the residents of Navi Mumabi with the western suburbs of the city via roadway.

However, the bigger challenge before us is to convince the Centre for grants under NURM as municipal corporations in Thane district like NMMC, Mira-Bhyander and Kalyan-Dombivali have not been included in the list of cities eligible for grants under the scheme”.

DY Patil Stadium u/c at Nerul

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5282/dyoatilstadiumneruldnasdp5.jpg

^^ is it the same?
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7039/12b840d8qw8.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/306/22b72de1gy6.jpg

Now that's a real bigsize cricket ground!

About time India built better Cricket grounds!

Navi Mumbai is growing faster/building more than the island city.

Those are the types of builings they should be building in Mumbai city but of course using more glass and steel.

^^ is it the same?
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7039/12b840d8qw8.jpg

I think so.

Sun.................According to Wikepedia this is the info. BTW, somehow this stadiuim looks much larger than 50,000 capacity. It looks in the range of 70,000 - 75,000.

DY Patil Stadium
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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DY Patil Stadium is a cricket stadium under construction at DY Patil Vidyanagar campus , Nerul , Navi Mumbai . The stadium will have all the facilites of that of a international cricket stadium. The stadium is designed by Hafeez Contractor and is expexted to be completed in March 2007.

For the pitch 200 tons of soil has been imported from South Africa and is prepared with assistance from University of Natal, South Africa . The three-storey stadium will have bucket seats with seating capacity of over 50,000.

Other facilites include flood lights , a gymnasium ,under ground drainage system. There won’t be any columns or towers, supporting the the hanging roof. The spectators will get a unobstructed view of the match from any place within the stand.



DY Patil Stadium u/c at Nerul

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5282/dyoatilstadiumneruldnasdp5.jpg

What an awesome green outfield!

^^ Yeah i agree.....if they could spruce it up a bit......the final could be held over here.

Awesome. :cheers:

photo copyright kenmoon

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9586/navimumbaikenmoonld2.jpg

Another "tallest" - Bhoomi Paradise

Render:
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/9785/bhoomiparadise32sanpadatm1.jpg


From DNA, 1 Nov 2006

Sanpada has hit the jackpot of Navi Mumbais realty boom. Just a few months to go and the node will be house to the tallest building in the satellite city. The 31-storeyed building under construction at sector 10, Sanpada is located opposite Juinagar station and at a few minutes drive from Nerul.
Bhoomi Paradise, project by Bhoomi constructions is a twin tower planned as the tallest building in city. The ground floor will be for commercial purpose with a parking space and Podium parking and recreational facilities will be on the first floor. The building positioned at the intersection of three roads will be ready for possession by December 2008 with the fourth slab completed.


Shereeji Heights

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1821/shreejiheighstnerulkd7.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/516/nerul2crorehg8.jpg

Mumbai.....the high rise capital of India.....

This one is a beauty. Imagine if these were 40-45F twin towers. They would have been mindblowing. Nonetheless. New Bombay is Booming.

Another "tallest" - Bhoomi Paradise
Render:
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/9785/bhoomiparadise32sanpadatm1.jpg

New projects (some of them est completion 2009-2010)

Unnamed, Plot 106, Sector 28, Nerul

http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9863/2780mainty0.jpg

Zenith, Nerul

http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9968/2791mainzenithnu0.jpg

Vighnahar Heights, Nerul

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1765/1867mainsdj9.jpg

Keshav Kunj IV, Nerul

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2973/1475mainzf2.jpg

photo copyright Himanshu Sarpotdar

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/1905/palmbeachmargnn2.jpg

Very nice!

At least some better looking buildings.

I didnt like Navi Mumbai that much but its improving alot.

I really liked the landscaping of the above road. I think its called Palm Beach Road.

Cov Boy,

Yes, it is Palm Beach Road. The landscaping was even better when it was first built. They haven't done any changes for the last 10 years since it was built.

I would have preferred - and even suggested to the CIDCO zonal office - that Palm trees on both sides of the roads be planted but... Palm trees cost a lot of money and basically need a lot more care & maintenance.
They have therefore resorted to the tried and tested (albiet, shoddy) solution of planting Azelias on both sides.

So the monicker of PALM BEACH ROAD is kind of lost when, after a few years, the crowns of Azelias will be more dominant than the Palms in the middle.

Let's see.. on a hopeful note, I do hope CIDCO or whoever is responsible for further landscaping of all roads in Nav.Mumbai come up with brighter and nouvelle ideas.

Cheers
p2p4

Very nice!

At least some better looking buildings.

I didnt like Navi Mumbai that much but its improving alot.

I really liked the landscaping of the above road. I think its called Palm Beach Road.

Cov Boy,

Yes, it is Palm Beach Road. The landscaping was even better when it was first built. They haven't done any changes for the last 10 years since it was built.

Cheers
p2p4

I think roads in many of our upcoming cities are "well planned" but there construction quality is often not good enough to take heavy construction traffic. Construction makes a big mess with dust all around, construction material lying all around, roads caving in and a general unkept look. Since construction companies do not make any housing provision, many of the workers are forced to create shanties and live next to the site. Needless to say - the shanties often do not move. The authorities often show the excuse that they will fix everything once the construction is over. Now when is that going to happen in boomtowns like Navi Mumbai or New Town Kolkata?

The governments also need to build massive low income housing complexes and prevent slumification. Navi Mumbai did have quite a lot of LIG housing in the beginning - but the plans and quality are so poor that in a decade they are like slums.

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Hi - its pretty hard to cross-check is similar photos have been posted here - considering all the photos in the thread (where each post itself is having numerous photos) are now way above 56K.

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Bhumiraj on Palm Beach Road

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Thanks Anjanesh for posting the pics.

Yes 56K is a problem.

If you use imageshack use the thumbnail option (second one from the top).

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Belapur

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Milloni Towers

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No way to post YouTube video ?

Palm Beach Road - from Seawoods to Vashi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoYH9uW2_sA)

Looks like Dubai in the making minus the glass & aluminum facade. :ohno:
Now way to post YouTube video ?
Palm Beach Road - from Seawoods to Vashi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoYH9uW2_sA)

That video is super cool!

:cheers:

Navi Mumbai's first five star hotel - The Park is set to open in the next month

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@Anjanesh - Awesome! That road is laden with high rises :) Thanks for the video

Sun.........................many thanks. If this is a 5-Star Hotel of a future New Bombay, I wonder how a Budget hotel will look like. :ohno: :ohno: . A complete let down aesthetically and height wise. Its amazing how we never learned a lesson from Marine Drive low rise skyline disaster. By the time, Trans harbor sealink with metro line will be running and New Bombay seafront land value will be skyrocketed, all we may see is 5-6F so called 5-star to even 6-star hotels occupying the area. This is an insult to the whole Bombay metropolitan area. Bombay should pass the law saying any construction below 20F is unlawful and illegal in New Bombay area. Thats the only way we'll have enough parking spaces in Bombay.

Navi Mumbai's first five star hotel - The Park is set to open in the next month
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Sun.........................many thanks. If this is a 5-Star Hotel of a future New Bombay, I wonder how a Budget hotel will look like. :ohno: :ohno: . A complete let down aesthetically and height wise. Its amazing how we never learned a lesson from Marine Drive low rise skyline disaster. By the time, Trans harbor sealink with metro line will be running and New Bombay seafront land value will be skyrocketed, all we may see is 5-6F so called 5-star to even 6-star hotels occupying the area. This is an insult to the whole Bombay metropolitan area. Bombay should pass the law saying any construction below 20F is unlawful and illegal in New Bombay area. Thats the only way we'll have enough parking spaces in Bombay.

Park Hotels claim that they are city centre boutique hotels and are generally not too large.

http://www.theparkhotels.com/

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Great video!

Navi Mumbai is improving but I think it needs a tall signature tower so people can recognise it as the New Mumbai. I just hope the paint on the buildings are long lasting as the monsoons make the buildings look dirty and old.

The Park is really a medium hotel like its other properties around India so I can understand when people react to it being small scale. Shame its not on a large scales as they are great hotels.

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Sun.................Put 1 & 1 together. We could really see the difference. Good work. I wonder how many months apart these two shots are.:cheers:

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Sun.................Put 1 & 1 together. We could really see the difference. Good work. I wonder how many months apart these two shots are.:cheers:

Yes, you got that right!

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The four star hotel Tunga Regency was inaugurated by governor S M Krishna on Friday March 16 at Vashi, Navi Mumbai here. It is a venture of Tunga Group of Hotels.

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=31579&n_tit=Four+Star+Hotel+Tunga+Regency+Inaugurated+at+Navi+Mumbai+

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Palm Beach Galleria Mall to open shortly in Vashi sector 19
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Patni, Airoli
ignore the guys - look at the building

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I noticed this only now, how come the vehicles on the wrong side of the road? Hope the image was rotated.


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Awesome buildings! They should have built that in BKC!

Surely it should've been like this but how did it rotated in the 1st place ?
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Aerial view of Belapur CBD I found on wiki...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Belapurcbd.jpg

hey i'm from kottayam,kerala....navi mumbai is great.hope the government and people will maintain it properly.good going navi mumbai....

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So any idea how they paint that circle on there?
(I know , i know, with a brush :) ) but seriously?

So any idea how they paint that circle on there?
(I know , i know, with a brush :) ) but seriously?

BTW Whatever happened to the photos of SD Towers that you had taken in your last visit to Mumbai? Did I miss them?

Koparkhairane
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DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City)

for details check out http://wikimapia.org/197953/

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HI Deddog,
This is done using laser points to mark the circumference. Paint was then used to cover all areas within the circumference. More building firms in India are using laser marking technology to do intricate markings. (INformation, courtesy of architects of Raheja Builders)
Regds
p2p4

So any idea how they paint that circle on there?
(I know , i know, with a brush :) ) but seriously?

Thanks for the info!

BTW Whatever happened to the photos of SD Towers that you had taken in your last visit to Mumbai? Did I miss them?
Daaaaaannnnnng.. you have a good memory...thats freaking ridiculous...how can you even remember that....

I've seen better ones on this site, so i didn't post them...

DY Patil Stadium

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World Cup 2011 final likely to be host there.

c'mon u cant be serious!

wats that all like a spiderman's handiwork up there across those peculiar towers??? and wats so special in this stadia? just a plain uncomfortable concrete bowl...and the design is so freaking ugly..

Eden gardens, or Wankhade itself would be better. And hopefully Brabourne will be renovated bfore 2011.

c'mon u cant be serious!

wats that all like a spiderman's handiwork up there across those peculiar towers??? and wats so special in this stadia? just a plain uncomfortable concrete bowl...and the design is so freaking ugly..

Eden gardens, or Wankhade itself would be better. And hopefully Brabourne will be renovated bfore 2011.

See the render first and when it completes it will look good then you'll reliase how beautiful it is.

Can someone post the render?

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oh yes, the render looks much better.
i take back my comments...

meanwhile wats the capacity of the stadium??

oh yes, the render looks much better.
i take back my comments...

meanwhile wats the capacity of the stadium??


60,000 source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DY_Patil_Stadium

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5 - Vashi - station, BSEL tower, Centre One Mall, Sector 17 (Vashi's commercial centre)

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Navi Mumbai surely looks a lot colorfull...:cheers:

those buildings r terrible

reduce the volume as some of the language may not be suitable. Enjoy the ride.

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Grainy video of the patil stadium....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWuTLyqBiuU&NR=1

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Navi Mumbai aerial - Nerul, Belapur in view

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Another aerial - note the stadium

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