City Highlights

The planning and construction of New Bombay was given over to the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), set up for this purpose in 1970 by the Maharashtra State Government. For the first ten years of the project CIDCO acted as the planning and administrative body, as well as the developer and builder for the project.

New Bombay, with a population of 200,000, now includes 95 villages, an industrial zone and large tracts of agricultural as well as barren and marshy lands. Nevertheless a huge fraction of the residents commute to the island city daily. Vashi, just across the Thane Creek from Bombay, has developed into the core of New Bombay, offering 56% of the area's employment

Navi Mumbai the City of the 21st Century is being developed as a counter magnet to Mumbai, with the basic objective of curbing further growth of the mega city of Mumbai. The largest new town development in the world, Navi Mumbai spreads over 344 sq. km. with all the essential infrastructure in place. This modern city, with a target population of 2 million by the year 2003 AD, is being developed as a series of self contained nodes strung along an efficient Mass Transport System. The well-planned transportation network consisting of Road, Rail and Waterway systems makes Navi Mumbai easily accessible from all parts of the country. The proposed Domestic cum International Airport is envisaged to further enhance this accessibility. A host of unique projects on the anvil, such as the Multiplex and Family Entertainment Complex, International Exhibition Centre, Amusement Park, Golf Course, International IT Hardware Park and the like are expected to catapult Navi Mumbai on to the world map.

Navi Mumbai, strategically located on the proposed Mumbai Pune `Knowledge Corridor', has been receiving a lot of thrust with respect to Information Technology. The Government of Maharashtra has plans drawn up to develop Navi Mumbai as high tech habitats for IT Industry.