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The city of 21st Century Navi Mumbai (formally New Bombay) is situated on the main line across Mumbai Harbor. It is 4/5th the size of Greater Bombay and has an industrial area of ¾th that of Greater Bombay Industrial area. Navi Mumbai was conceived as a counter magnet to decongest Mumbai city. The city is planned for a population of 2.0 millions. At present the population of Navi Mumbai has reached 1.6 millions. As such the city can hold a maximum population of 4.0 millions. It is worlds’s largest systematically planned modern city with beautiful landscapes. A series of fourteen self-contained nodal settlements along the mass transport corridors with residential, business and commercial areas. Each node is self sufficient in educational, health, social, religious, cultural, sports and recreational facilities. The lush green gardens, arterial roads, along the road, afforested hills, well laid out railway system are some of the salient features of new city. The city is connected to Greater Mumbai by bridges across Thane Creek. It has a railway link to Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is connected by water transport to Gateway of India. Navi Mumbai has thus attracted high order amenities such as educational institutes, health and sports facilities. It has a strong economic base with Thane Industrial Belt, Taloja Industrial Estate developed by MIDC, Panvel and Jawahar Industrial Estate, Information & Technology Parks at Vashi & CBD Belapur, Agricultural Produce Market at Vashi and Port related industries at Dronagiri. Trade and commercial activities have spurted with the growing Industrial activity adding value to the lives of the inhabitants of Navi Mumbai. A network of well developed roads, flyovers and rail corridors are the transport systems available in Navi Mumbai which are on continuous improvement. India’s most modern seaport, Jawaharlal Nehru Port is well connected by road and a sea link road which is being planned between Nhava and Sewri will make it closer to Greater Mumbai. Adequate water supply, reasonable living expenses and affordable houses make Navi Mumbai habitable for various strata of the Society. The following chart shows the emphasis of green and clean environment in Navi Mumbai.
from 1987 to 2005 are furnished below :
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These are just few facts that led the national Geographic Channel feature Navi Mumbai in the “Super Magnetic Cities of the World” series. CIDCO has adopted differential land disposal and pricing policies to make it affordable to all income groups and all land users. So far, 16% of land sale at market price accounts to 75% internal revenues, making the Navi Mumbai project fully self-financed.
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