Cheeta Camp

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
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{{More citations needed|date=December 2012}}
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'''Cheeta Camp''' (also known as '''Cheetah Camp''') is a low lying area near [[Trombay]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="books.google.com">Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0vekq6s2RyYC&pg=PA164&dq=cheeta+camp&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB-Jys96faAhVE6Y8KHbbMBeoQ6AEISjAI#v=onepage&q=cheeta%20camp&f=false "Violation of Democratic Rights in India, Volume 3"], ''Popular Prakashan'', 1991</ref> It is a part of Municipal M-East Ward and located along the Arabian Seafront.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dm.mcgm.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/ward_dirs/ME%20Ward.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714055043/http://dm.mcgm.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/ward_dirs/ME%20Ward.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] provides several public services such as hospitals, schools, cleanup, etc.<ref>http://dm.mcgm.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/ward_dirs/ME%20Ward.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1976, between 55,000 and 70,000 people were forcibly moved overnight to Cheeta Camp from the Janata Colony [[slum]] by 12,000 police.<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref name="Kaniza">{{cite news |last1=Garari |first1=Kaniza |title=Cheetah Camp too close for comfort, says navy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/Cheetah-Camp-too-close-for-comfort-says-navy/articleshow/892735594.cms |accessdate=9 May 2019 |work=Times of India |date=26 December 2001}}</ref> The surprise eviction of Janata Colony was to make space for the expansion of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] (BARC).<ref name="GNobel">{{cite news |last1=Perur |first1=Srinath |title=Jockin Arputham: from slum dweller to Nobel Peace Prize nominee |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/12/jockin-arputham-mumbai-slum-dweller-nobel-peace-prize-nominee |accessdate=9 May 2019 |work=Guardian}}</ref>

In 2001, the Indian Navy raised concerns that the slum was too close to an arms depot. At this time, it was estimated there were 10,000 shacks in Cheeta Colony. There were five schools, a graveyard, a crematorium and four toilet blocks were being built. As per the current estimate more than 1 Lakh people live in the cheeta camp. The development in this area is restricted and the navy depot which reside in the north to the cheeta camp raised concerns regarding the building infrastructure's Floor levels and were limited to two floors and the ownership of the land is limited to the owner and the government can shift them as they did in 2001.<ref name="Kaniza" />

== Geography ==
[[Trombay]] is a nearby village and post office. It comes under [[Anushakti Nagar]] Assembly Constituency.

This area is majorly covered by Slums and Chawls. Areas in Cheeta Camp is further divided into Sectors. Peoples with different religions and cultures are residing here.

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== Schools and Colleges in Cheeta Camp ==
* Vivekananda English High School
* Sir Sayed English High School
* Trombay Public High School
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* Devi Ekveera Shikshan Mandal Vidya Sankul
* Ideal High School and Junior College
* Municipal Corporation Schools
* Peace Public School
* Star English High School
* Abhinav Dnyanmandir Trombay School
* Crescent High School

== News ==
[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/The-3D-vision-of-Cheeta-Camp/article14390289.ece The 3D vision of Cheeta Camp]

== See also ==
*[[Lalubhai Compound]]
*[[Deonar dumping ground]]
*[[Mankhurd]]

== References ==
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