Kharghar
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Utsav Chowk at Kharghar Utsav Chowk at Kharghar
Kharghar
Coordinates: 19°02′10″N 73°03′42″E / 19.036146°N 73.0617213°E / 19.036146; 73.0617213Coordinates: 19°02′10″N 73°03′42″E / 19.036146°N 73.0617213°E / 19.036146; 73.0617213
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Raigad (Navi Mumbai)
Government
• Body	CIDCO
Area
• Total	35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	410210
Telephone code	022
Vehicle registration	MH-43,MH-46 and MH-06
Nearest city	Mumbai
Literacy	98%
Civic agency	CIDCO
Climate	Monsoon (Köppen)

Kharghar is a node of Navi Mumbai, conceived and constructed by CIDCO. It is developed and maintained by CIDCO. Kharghar is located on the Mumbai-Pune highway (NH 4) at a less-than-one hour drive from the heart of Mumbai city. The Area started developing in 1995 and now it has of number of ready and under-construction projects both in the commercial and residential segments. With so many new projects coming up these days Kharghar too claims to be the third most developed node of Navi Mumbai after Vashi and Nerul.

Introduction[link]

Kharghar Railway Station

Navi Mumbai is envisaged as a metro sized counter magnet to reduce the pressure on the Mumbai metropolis. It is planned as a polycentric new town with a series of nodal concentrations along mass-transport corridors. When fully built, it is expected to have 14 such townships (nodes) with a combined population holding capacity of 4 millions and one million jobs. Kharghar is one of these 14 nodes and is being developed by CIDCO for an estimated population of about 500,000.It is also known as "KING OF NAVI MUMBAI".

Location[link]

The site of Kharghar adjoins the Central Business District of Navi Mumbai and is bound by two major highways and the picturesque Kharghar Hills. Taloje industrial estate and the Taloje Creek are located on its east. Kharghar is primarily a residential township, but houses a part of Navi Mumbai's Central Business District.

Characteristics[link]

Kharghar measures about 1700 ha. of area, 7 km long and 5 km wide. There are 12 village settlements located in Kharghar node having a combined population of 20,000. Kharghar is divided into 45 sectors. The general levels vary from 1.5 to 15.0 meters within the site. A third of the site is almost flat, but the areas close to the creek are low-lying. The Kharghar hills bring a huge amount of rainwater, which is to be directed into the creek through the node as well as the Central Park area.

Encircled by lush green mountains from all sides, Kharghar in Navi Mumbai is no less than a hill station in the rains . While the area was considered difficult to access a few years ago, its recent increase in well-planned infrastructure is making it a favourite among Mumbaikars.

Kharghar is a nature lovers' delight, having loads of open space and greenery everywhere. A gargantuan fountain adorns the area, a stroll in the evening refreshes you, and the waterfall at Pandavkada is heaven for picnic lovers and is visited by people from all over Mumbai in the rainy season.

Infrastructure[link]

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.

Kharghar has one of the most prestigious educational institution of India viz. National Institute of Fashion Technology. Acronymed as NIFT, it was shifted to Kharghar from Dadar in 2002-03. It offers undergraduate courses in fashion design, fashion communication and apparel manufacturing and information technology as well as postgraduate courses in fashion management and fashion design space. NIFT is otherwise headquartered at New Delhi.

Kharghar has a number of ready and under-construction projects both in the commercial and residential segments. Hiranandani Complex (Crystal Plaza), Kendriya Vihar are some of the oldest residential complexes of Kharghar. While the Indian Armed Forces have 2 Residential Enclaves - JalVayu Vihar and Raghunath Vihar, Spaghetti Complex one of the Biggest Complex in Kharghar. also houses the important Tata Memorial Hospital's Cancer Research Institute.

In kharghar we can find

There are a number of premium residential projects sprung up in Kharghar. Projects like Mahaavir Heritage, Regency Hills, Kesar Harmony and upcoming Cypress Aqua, Galaxy Orion, Hexblox and Kesar Exotica are some of the best in navi Mumbai and are as costly as suburban Mumbai projects. There is unconfirmed news that a reputed business group is planning to build several Hollywood style luxury villas on Kharghar Hills for the rich & famous.

Hikers enjoy the hills around Kharghar during the monsoon season when waterfalls and rivulets burst forth.

CIDCO also has plans to build an 18 hole golf course in Sector 21 in Kharghar along with Shopping malls which should make the city one of the best locations in Navi Mumbai. The much awaited Central Park in Sector 23 is being planned on the concept of London's Central Park and will span around 80 hectares and cover three sectors. The park is intended to provide an excellent place for active and passive recreation. It also attempts to put Navi Mumbai on International Map. It was expected to be completed around mid 2010. The Central Park when completed will have Jogger’s Tracks, Food Courts, Fountains, Botanical Gardens, Amphitheatre, Theme Parks and a Conservatory.

ISCKON has commenced construction of their temple at the start of the Central Park. It is believed this will be the biggest ISCKON temple in India. Sector 12 also has a huge park called "Krantiveer Phadke Garden" catering to residents in Sector 12, 20 and 21.

Currently Kharghar has two multiplex movie theaters first one is located at Tiara Mall & the second one in Little World Mall has Adlabs Multiplex. There are retail brands like D'Mart in Sector-15, Big Bazaar is also available in sector 7. Some of the upcoming malls are GloMax near Kharghar railway station & Adhiraj mall in Sector 5, Prime Mall in Sector 12 and Shah Mall in Sector 20. Shah Mall and Prime Mall will also have multiplexes. There are adequate utility shops, departmental stores and super markets in every sector. More, Apna Bazar, Value Mart, Spinach and Fairprice are some of the super markets functioning in Kharghar. In addition there are a few open markets in Sector 12. Meat shops are rare with only one in Sector 12. Spinach offers frozen meat products.

Siemens India Ltd has an office in Kharghar and the 10-storey building is a landmark near Kharghar railway station. Marathon Realty Group have recently announced the development of 25 acres (100,000 m²) Mini-SEZ off Panvel very close to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. This mini-SEZ "NexZone" is specially for the IT/ITES industry and will have an integrated township of residential and commercial buildings, education institutions and entertainment malls. Nexzone is also close to the Mumbai-Goa road.

Pedestrian Skywalk at Kharghar (Under Construction)[link]

CIDCO is considering the increase in the commuter traffic and for the safety of commuters approaching Kharghar Railway Station. It is decided to construct Skywalk to facilitate hindrance free movement between Kharghar Railway Station & Kharghar node. This Skywalk is crossing the national highway with cable suspension Bridge resting on 35 m. high steel pylon. The Skywalk has open type escalator in the entrance foyer portion of Kharghar Railway station with ramp for alighting. There after the Skywalk is running parallel to highway between Bharati Vidyapeeth up to entrance of Pravesh Marg & then along Pravesh Marg up to Utsav Chowk.

Transportation[link]

Kharghar is located on the outskirts of Mumbai. It lies in what is commonly regarded as the Konkan part of Maharashtra and fall in Raigad District. [Kharghar railway station]] lies on the Harbour Line, a part of Mumbai suburban railway system. It takes about 65 minutes to reach Kharghar by suburban train from Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus. A drive by road from CST (39 km) takes about 90 minutes. The six lane Mumbai-Pune Expressway starts at Kalamboli (near Kharghar). A new broad gauge line has connected Kharghar to Karjat via Panvel.

The place is easily approachable from Pune, the other major city of the state. Within the suburb, Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport facilities are available and buses ply frequently between stations, nodes and within sectors.

Private cars and two wheelers continue to serve as the prime means of transport. Private Taxi owners like Meru Networks offer taxi services from Kharghar to other parts of Navi Mumbai and Mumbai. Local public transportation within the node is difficult as the autorickshaws controlled by the native villagers of the area charge exhorbitant fares and do not follow the Road Traffic Office Mandatory Metering System. NMMT Bus services though improved over the years do not have sufficient frequency to cater to the growing population. The NMMT Buses also ply directly to Kharghar Railway Station.Now the NMMT has extended the ac bus service 123 from CBD depot To Kharghar(Jalvayu Vihar).B.E.S.T has introduced few routes plying to parts of Mumbai [504Ltd towards Deonar / Sion / Wadala Depot & C55 toward Deonar/Sion/Kala Nagar/Bandra Stn (W)] Because of wide roads, sparse population and virtually non existent traffic police, several vehicles ply on the wrong side of the road and blatantly break traffic rules. However the Auto Service is Worst in this part of the satellite city. Most of the Auto Walas are villagers and they do not allow any outsider to ply auto. They are stubborn & least interested in convenince of the residents There are no auto sharing and the minium rate is Rs. 15/- which is very high. Auto Charges : Karghar Station to Sector 12 (Shilp Chowk)/Raghunath Vihar /Jalvaayu Vihar Is Rs 30 . Sector 19 & 20 -Rs 40 (Approx. Distance 2.5 km). They are often rude if ask for the normal rate cards. In some places, there's not a single standing at a Auto Stand.

Navi Mumbai International Airport[link]

The proposed new international airport is expected to be functional by 2014 in the Kopra area between Khandeshwar and Kamothe. This was passed by CIDCO on August 1, 2009. It had received clearance from Environmental Ministry. This airport will capable of handling 10 Millions of passenger traffic on its initial stage and increasing on subsequent stages.

Kamothe (Manasarover) railway station is the next station after Kharghar on the Harbour Railway. By road, the upcoming airport is approximately 10 km from Kharghar.^[1]

There is a plan to build a sea link between Nhava Sheva and Sewri in Mumbai thus making the new airport accessible to not only Navi Mumbai residents but also the residents of South Mumbai and Pune.

Land use distribution[link]

The land use distribution proposed for Sector-23,24 & 25 is as under :

• Open space -80 ha. 66.0%
• Residential -10.59 ha. 3.6%
• Commercial -5.56 ha. 14.6%
• Social facilities- 9.28 ha. 11.0%
• Public utilities -10.85ha 21.0%
• Circulation -4.41ha 3.5%
• Total -119.77ha 100.0%

It is one of the most planned nodes of Navi Mumbai and lies close to CBD Belapur, Vashi. This area is proposed to be developed as an education centre with a number of primary and higher education institutes opening their campuses in the vicinity.

Also Kharghar is a liquor free zone. You are not allowed to sell liquor in Kharghar. All the attempts to sell liquor, in the past, have been widely condemned.

Educational Institutions[link]

Kharghar is also home to a number of educational institutions:

• AC Patil C.E.Management Studies & Research
• AC Patil College of Engineering
• Apeejay School (CBSE Board)
• Bal Bharthi Public School; Sector-4.(CBSE Board)
• Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Architecture
• Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
• Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Technology
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - (C-DAC) Kharghar
• Convent of Jesus & Mary High School (State Board)
• D.A.V. International School (CBSE board)
• Greenfingers Global School (CBSE Board)
• Harmony International School (CBSE & State Board)
• IIFT (International Institute of Fashion Technology)
• ITM Business school (Institute for Technology and Management)
• K.P.C. English High School (State Board)
• K.P.C. Jr. College of Science & Commerce
• NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology)
• NIIT Kharghar
• Priyadarshini International School (Sector 19)
• Ram seth Thakur Public School - Sector 19
• Ryan International School (ICSE BOARD & IGCSE BOARD)
• Sanjeevani International School (Sector 19)
• Saraswati C.E. Management Studies
• Saraswati College of Engineering
• Saraswati Institute of Technology
• Sathyagraha College (Sector 19)
• Vishwajyot High School
• Vishwjyot High School
• Y.M.T. College of Management & Technology
• Y.M.T. Medical College of Dentistry, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathy

Religions[link]

Various religions and sects are active & coexists peacefully in this beautiful township. Though at present there is not much of the religious institution.

• Shiva Temple, Sector-12.
• Mahalakshmi Temple, Near MSEB Station, off Belapur-Taloja Road.
• Divya Kripa Roman Catholic Church
• St. Marys Malankara Catholic Church, Sector 5. The church holds service on every Sunday at 1730 hrs.
• Saibaba Temple, Sector- 3, Belapada, off Belapur-Taloja Road.
• Mosque, Sector 14, Muslim Burial Ground, Behind Raghunath Vihar, Near Reliance Fresh
• Vitthal Temple, Belpada Village, Sector-3
• ISKCON temple,central park
• Digambar Jain Temple, Sector 21, Near More departmental Store
• Jagganath Mandir, Sector-5, Near Adhiraj Gardens
• Upcoming Gurudwara Near Central Park

Famous Personalities

.Sir Rishi

Site for Central Park[link]

Fountain in Artificial Pond of Central Park

Plan for Central Park- Kharghar, NaviMumbai.

The proposed park occupies an area of 119 Ha. (approx.) spreading over in Sector -23, 24 & 25 in Kharghar . An area of 80 ha. (approx.) earmarked for 'Central Park'. It is a relatively flat terrain that has sporadic vegetation. The site acts as link between two natural elements - hill and water. Various activities proposed to be taken up in the Central park are as under

• Theme Parks
• Morning walk-trails
• Joggers tracks
• Water Sports
• Cricket, football grounds
• Sports clubs
• Botanical garden
• Amphitheaters
• Active & passive recreation areas
• All ancillary facilities - parking, eateries, toilets, etc.

Banks at Kharghar[link]

• Abhuydaya Co-Op. Bank (Sector 5)
• Andhra Bank (Sector 3)
• Axis Bank (Sector 4)
• Bank of Baroda (Sector 20)
• Bank of India (Sector 07)
• Bank of Maharashtra (Sector 11)
• Canara Bank,(Sector-07)
• HDFC Bank (Sector 12)
• ICICI Bank (Sector 21)
• IDBI Bank (Sector 21)
• Indian Bank (Sector 2)
• Indian Overseas Bank (Sector 12)
• Karnala Co-op-Bank (Sector 12)
• Punjab National Bank (Sector 07)
• Ratnakar Bank (Sector 19)
• State Bank of Hyderabad (Sector-12)
• State Bank of India (Sector 8, & 21)
• State Bank of Mysore (Sector 20)
• State Bank of Patiala (Sector 3)
• State Bank of Travancore,(sector-12)
• Syndicate Bank (Sector 12)
• The Federal Bank, (Sector-4)
• The Greater Bombay Co-operative Bank (Sector-21)
• UCO Bank,(Sector-21)
• Union bank of India (Sector 13)
• Vijay Laxmi Bank (Sector 7)
• Vijaya Bank,
• Yes Bank, (Sector-7)

Landmarks in Kharghar[link]

Major roundabouts

• Adhiraj Gardens (Sector 5)
• Advance Galaxy (Sector 20)
• Ahilya dutt CHS (sector-13)
• Anmol Planet (Sector 10)
• Arihant Krupa (Sector 27,kharghar)
• Aristo Bliss (Sector 27)
• Aristo Classic (Sector 30)
• Aristo Divine (Sector 18)
• Balaji Aangan (Sector 3)
• Bhoomi Tower (Sector 4)
• BKS Galaxy (Sector-35) ** http://www.galaxygroup.co/projects.html#bks **
• C-62 Hari Niketan ( Sector -12 )
• Central Park, Kharghar
• CIDCO Park (Sector 12)
• Concept Unnathi (sector 21)
• Daily Bazar TIARA Residential Complex
• Giriraj Horizon
• GloMax Mall Under Construction
• Gokul Dham , ( Sector 35 D ) Near Upcoming Metro Station
• Golf Course
• GuruVatika (sector-12)
• Hex Blox City (Sector 10)
• Hiranandani complex (sector 7)
• Hotel Three Star
• In Top Tower (Sector 19)
• ISKON Temple
• ITM Business School
• Jal Vayu Vihar
• Kendriya Vihar
• Kesar Garden- Sector 20
• Kesar Harmony Housing Society
• Kharghar village (sector-13)
• Little World - Shopping Mall
• Local Kharghar Railway Station Click here to see location
• Lord Shiva Temple-Sec12
• Manashkti (Sector 5)
• Maruti Tower (Sector 19)
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
• Nisarg Vihar (Sector 19)
• Om Shanti (Sector 10)
• Pandavkada Falls (waterfall & picnic spot)
• Parth SGNS - Sec-13.
• Payal Heights(Sector 19)
• Pearl Planet, (Sector 35 I), Owe, Kharghar
• Premises residency,sector-11,kharghar.
• Raghunath Vihar Sector 14
• Rail vihar
• Ridhima Complex Sec-12
• Rose Wood (Sector 10)
• Sawan Highness,Sec-6
• Seawood Heritage - Sec - 4.
• Shah Arcade-Sec 6
• Shantikunj Bldg.
• Shilp Chowk
• Shree Shantiniketan "C"
• Shubharambh Complex (Sector 19A)
• Siemens Office
• Splendor, Sec-20
• Suncity residency -Sec:3,kharghar
• Terna (sector 12)
• Tharwani's Rossabella (sector 35)
• Unnati Towers (Concept Unnati), Sector-21
• Utsav (sec 34)
• Utsav Chowk
• VastuVihar (Sector-16)
• Vedashree CHS Ltd. (Sector 3, Belpada)
• Vighnahar Complex,Sector-12
• Vishnu Vihar Co-Operative Housing Society (Sector 4)
• Yash Avenue (Sector 20)
• YMT College

References[link]

• Cidco plans for Kharghar
• Property in Kharghar
• Kharghar's own online directory service - KhargharDirectory.com
• New Residential Projects in Kharghar

Glorious Kids Nursery and Pre-Nursery with Day care facility at sector :11

External links[link]

• Navi Mumbai Community Website
• KhargharDirectory.com - Kharghar Business directory
• ISKCON Kharghar
• IYF Kharghar
• MeraKharghar.com