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{{short description|Locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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'''Wadala''' (also spelled '''Vadala''', formerly spelt '''Wuddala''',[[Help:IPA/Marathi|[ʋəɖaːɭa]]]) is a locality in [[Mumbai]]. [[Wadala Road]] is a [[Railway station|station]] on the [[Harbour Line]] of [[Mumbai|Mumbai's]] [[railway]] network.

== Overview ==
Wadala has several schools and some renowned institutions like [[Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute|Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)]], [[Institute of Chemical Technology]] (erstwhile UDCT)), [[Vidyalankar Institute of Technology]] (VIT), [[South Indians' Welfare Society College]] (SIWS), St.Joseph's High School, and Auxilium Convent High School located near one another. SNDT Women's University, Dr. Ambedkar Commerce & Law College also has a campus in Wadala West. The local college of Wadala is SIWS near the Wadala station. The largest bus depot in Mumbai, [[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]]'s Wadala depot, is located here.

The Ackworth Leprosy Hospital was established during British rule, and part of its complex is now given to an [[AIDS]] awareness organisation as well. The world's first [[methane]] generation plant was set up in the Ackworth hospital complex.<ref name="Ackworth methane">{{cite book | last = Tomar | first = S.S. | title = Energy agriculture and environment: with special reference to non-conventional energy sources in development of rural areas | publisher = Mittal Publications | year = 1995 | pages = 2, The author cites ''Satianathan, (1975, p.14)'' | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EjZjyOhVrJYC |isbn =9788170996132 }}</ref>

==History==

===Prehistoric===
Wadala village lay on one of the [[Seven Islands of Bombay]] that were joined together to form the modern day Mumbai. The island was previously called by different names: Parel, Matunga, Dharavi or Sion.<ref name="Tindall1992">{{cite book|author=Gillian Tindall|title=City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKwmBWs-jGMC&pg=PA27|year=1992|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-009500-5|pages=27–}}</ref><ref name="Edwardes2011">{{cite book|author=Stephen Meredyth Edwardes|title=The Rise of Bombay: A Retrospect|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48r8I_TDw8EC&pg=PA72|date=2 June 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-14407-0|page=72}}</ref>

===19th century===
The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion scheme of 1899-1900 was the first planned suburban scheme in Bombay. The ''Bombay City Improvement Trust'' which was set after a bill was passed in the [[British parliament]], formulated this plan in order to relieve congestion in the centre of the town, following the [[Bubonic plague|plague]] epidemics of the 1890s. According to the survey plan, 85,000 people were to be accommodated in the developments in Wadala.<ref name="History TIFR"/>

The plans regulated constructions with emphasis on proper [[sanitation]]. Buildings were to be three storeys high, and were to have open spaces between them. The land-use was planned to be a mix of residential, commercial and institutional constructions. Parks and gardens were planned, and the streets were well laid out.

{{convert|440|acre|km2}} of land was procured and leased to the Government for selling. For the first time housing cooperatives were formed to take advantage of newly developed land. The Parsi ([[Zoroastrian]]) and [[Hindu]] colonies in [[Dadar]]-Wadala were developed in this way.<ref name="History TIFR">{{cite web|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/dadar.html |title=The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion scheme of 1899-1900 |access-date=2009-06-25 }}</ref>

===20th century===

In 1915 the Port Trust Railway opened the Wadala [[Ballard Pier]] railway line. Petrol and kerosene installations also came up in Wadala.<ref name="Mumbai history mumbainet">{{cite web |url=http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 |title=Mumbai History in the 19th and 20th centuries |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506005553/http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 |archive-date=2009-05-06 }}</ref> The Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (formerly the Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute) moved to its present campus at Wadala in 1923.<ref name="VJTI history">{{cite web |url=http://www.vjti.ac.in/home_history.asp |title=A Brief History of VJTI |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204022207/http://www.vjti.ac.in/home_history.asp |archive-date=2010-02-04 }}</ref> The Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly the University Department of Chemical Technology) was established in Wadala in 1934.<ref name="UDCT history">{{cite web |url=http://www.udct.org/info/aboutus.html |title=A Brief History of UDCT |access-date=2009-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701105500/http://www.udct.org/info/aboutus.html |archive-date=2009-07-01 }}</ref>

During the [[Salt Satyagraha|Civil Disobedience Movement]], the Wadala Salt Works was raided by around 1,500 volunteers of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] on 1 June 1930. The incident occurred after an appeal was made in the ''Congress Bulletin'' of 31 May, to challenge the 'British anarchy'. The government reacted quickly and 11 women were detained.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

==Geography==
Wadala was once considered a central suburb of the city of Mumbai, but it is now well within the city limits. The area is bordered by [[Dadar]] on the West, [[Matunga]] on the Northwest, and [[Sewri]] on the South. The western areas of Wadala are covered by salt pans, which are on the shores of the Thane creek. On the Eastern border of Wadala, [[MMRDA]] has planned to construct a truck terminus, spread over {{convert|115|ha|km2}}. Mumbai will have for the first time a centralized facility for the transport of goods by road.<ref name="MMRDA truck terminal">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/projects_wtt.htm |title=Wadala Truck Terminal, a project by MMRDA |access-date=2009-06-25 }}</ref><ref name="NUS truck terminus">{{cite book | last = Foo | first = Ah Foong |author2=Belinda K. P. Yuen | title = Sustainable cities in the 21st century | publisher = NUS Press | year = 1999 | location = Singapore | pages = 72 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0sU6h1ONitwC | isbn = 9789971692285 }}</ref>

{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Wadala
|North = [[Sion, India|Sion]]
|Northeast =
|East = Salt Pans, Thane creek
|Southeast =
|South = [[Sewri]]
|Southwest = [[Parel]]
|West = [[Dadar]]
|Northwest = [[Matunga]]
}}

==Landmarks and architecture==
[[File:IMAX Adlabs at Mumbai, India.jpg|right|thumb|IMAX Wadala, the world's largest [[IMAX]] dome theater]]
[[File:VIT interiors.jpg|thumb|Vidyalankar Institute of Technology]]
[[File:St. Joseph Church, Wadala.jpg|thumb|Our Lady of Dolours Church Wadala, situated inside the campus of St. Joseph's High School, Wadala]]
Wadala has a large number of old temples, university campuses and is also home to a former world's largest [[IMAX]] dome theater.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}} It is also home to the [[Vidyalankar Institute of Technology|Vidyalankar Educational Campus]], whose building design has won an international award viz. Designshare's Honour award.<ref name="World Archtiecture News">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1499 |title=Indian Design Comes of Age |access-date=2009-06-01 |date=2007-10-07 |work=Worldarchitecturenews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803234808/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1499 |archive-date=3 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Roof & Facade">{{cite web |url=http://www.planet3studios.com/inter4.pdf |title=A work in totality |access-date=2009-06-01 |date=2007-08-01 |work=Roof & Facade ASEAN edition |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715091118/http://www.planet3studios.com/inter4.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref><ref name="DNA news article">{{cite web| url= http://www.vit.edu.in/popup_artical.htm |title=College shines with campus design |access-date= 2009-06-01 |last=R |first=Priya |date=2008-04-16 |work=DNA }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010| bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The BEST Transport Museum is also located at Wadala’s Anik bus depot. It features amateur mini models of BEST buses and the ancient trams.<ref name="BEST museum">{{cite web| url=http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=20&SCID=2 |title=BEST Transport Museum in Anik Depot |access-date=2009-06-25 }}</ref>

Wadala is also known for churches, temples and [[darga]]s. Near the station is the 400-year-old [[Vithoba|Vitthal]] Temple built by Sant [[Tukaram]] who brought the idol from [[Pandharpur]], home of the original temple of Lord Vithal. The temple is known as ''Prati Pandharpur'' (Pandharpur temple’s replica). One of the many one-day festivals in Mumbai has been held in this temple to devote Lord Vitthal on ''Ashadhi Ekadashi'' (According to Hindu Calendar) in June/July.<ref name="vitthal mandir">{{cite web |url=http://www.trafficnetwork.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:mfftwtoae&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=53 |title=Faithfuls flock to Wadala temple on Ashadi Ekadashi |access-date=2009-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181608/http://www.trafficnetwork.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:mfftwtoae&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=53 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Sahara samay prati pandharpur">{{cite news| title =Ashadi Ekadashi: Devotees throng Pandharpur| publisher =Sahara Samay Live| url =http://www.samaylive.com/news/ashadi-ekadashi-devotees-throng-pandharpur/81088.html| access-date =2009-06-26| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20091219154102/http://www.samaylive.com/news/ashadi-ekadashi-devotees-throng-pandharpur/81088.html| archive-date =19 December 2009| url-status =dead| df =dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Daily excelsior prati pandharpur">{{cite news| title=Lakhs throng Pandharpur on Ashadhi Ekadashi| date=2008-07-06| url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/06july08/national.htm#9| work=Daily Excelsior| access-date=2009-06-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103194726/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/06july08/national.htm#9| archive-date=2007-01-03| url-status=dead}}</ref> Near this temple is the 15th-century [[Lord Ram]] temple and the [[Hanuman]] temple on the opposite side of the road. The Ram Temple also houses a marriage hall. Located on David S. Baretto Road is a Krishna Temple which also houses an orphanage. Wadala also has a [[Venkateswara|Balaji]] Temple, that celebrates the Jatra festival each year in the month of January. Apart from these, there is also a Shiv Temple, a Devi Mandir and a small Gurudwara near the station.

The [[St. Joseph]] Church (Our Lady of Dolours Church) is situated on the D. S. Barretto Road, between Five Gardens and Wadala station. This also houses the St. Joseph's High School. Opposite is the Don Bosco Shelter which is a centre for the rehabilitation and education of underprivileged children. The Barkat Ali Dargah is located on a hill where the bridge connecting Wadala East to Wadala West ends. It is another of Wadala's landmarks.

The [[St. Dominic Savio]] Church is located in Wadala East. This church, built in 1981, was the first of Mumbai churches to be situated on the first floor.

Wadala (East) houses two cemeteries, the [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]] Cemetery and the [[Chinese people|Chinese]] Cemetery. These cemeteries were laid out in Wadala a long time ago, for the same reason that the Ackworth Leprosy Home was built at Wadala viz. Wadala was considered a distant suburb of the city.

A number of housing colonies exist in Wadala. Some of them are Bhakti Park, Dosti Acres, Eucress and Lloyd's Estate. Wadala East also has the BPT (now MbPT housing colony), a large sprawling colony for the port workers complete with a hospital. Near Antop Hill, the [[government of India]] established the [[Intellectual Property]] Office responsible for Controlling General of [[Patents]], Designs and [[Trademarks]] in India.

About 2 kilometers from Wadala Station East, past the truck terminus, is Flamingo Bay. From 1994, [[lesser flamingo]]s have been wintering here.<ref name="flamingo indian birds">{{cite book | last = Ali | first = Badruddin | title = Indian Birds Vol.2 November–December 2006 | year = 2006 | pages = 1–2 | url = http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Sewree%20birds.pdf | access-date = 2009-06-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720174335/http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Sewree%20birds.pdf | archive-date = 2011-07-20 | url-status = dead }}</ref> From December to March, thousands of flamingos descend on the mudflats, a mile from the shore, to feed on the nutrient-rich marshes. The proposed [[Nhava Sheva]] bridge that will connect the island to the mainland has faced criticism from environmentalists, who allege that the habitat of these birds would be destroyed if the project is approved and completed.<ref name="Hindu flamingo bay">{{cite news | first=Meena | last=Menon | title=Baywatch: Flamingo home in peril - Questions over the Nhava Sewri Trans Harbour sea link to be built at the Sewri Bay of Mumbai | date=2005-07-16 | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/07/16/stories/2005071601082000.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125210228/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/07/16/stories/2005071601082000.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-25 | work=The Hindu | access-date=2009-06-26 }}</ref>

Over the years, [[slum]] development had started in Wadala adjacent to the railway tracks and a large colony began to form. In 2006, the [[Government of Maharashtra|state government]] took action and cleared the area of slums.<ref name="wadala slum dna">{{cite news | first=Sharad | last=Vyas | author2=Surendra Gangan | title=Wadala slums seek help | date=4 April 2006 | url=http://59.92.116.99/website/DOCPOST/apr06/RDC-apr-06-1/HH55-wadala-slums-seek-divine-help.pdf | work=DNA | access-date=2009-06-25 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Utilities==
Wadala receives electricity supplied by the [[B.E.S.T.|BEST]] undertaking. Wadala experiences very few electricity cuts in a year, if at all.<ref name="mid day wadala info">{{cite news | title=Wadala area information | date=2009-05-08 | url =http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/may/080509-WADALA-SCHOOLS-COLLEGES-HOSPITALS.htm | work =Mid-Day | access-date = 2009-06-25 }}</ref> There are a number of schools, colleges and hospitals. There are police stations in both Wadala West and East. The ''Voice of Wadala'' is the neighbourhood newsletter, in print since 1988.<ref name="Voice of wadala">{{cite web|url=http://www.karmayog.com/ngos/vow.htm |title=Voice of Wadala Newsletter |access-date=2009-06-25 }}</ref> One of the concerns for residents of Wadala is that it does not have any malls or supermarkets. For shopping, one has to use local shops, or travel to [[Matunga]] or [[Dadar]].<ref name="mid day wadala info"/>

===List of schools===
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* A. E. S. High School
* Amulakh Amichand School
* Auxilium Convent High School
* Bansidhar Agarwal School
* C. G. E. E. S. High School
* Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School
* Dnyaneshwar Vidyalaya
* Don Bosco High School
* J. B. Vachha High School
* Knowledge center (Mumbai School)
* Korba Mithagar Municipal School
* N. K. E. S. High School
* Nadkarni Park Municipal School
* Nirmal Vidyalaya School, Ganesh Nagar
* S. I. W. S. School
* Sitaram Prakash High School
* St. Joseph's High School
{{div col end}}

===List of colleges===
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* A. E. S. Junior College of Science & Commerce
* Dr. Ambedkar college of Commerce & Economics
* Kala Saadhna (Classical Dance Music Academy)
* Mumbai College of science and commerce
* Mumbai Institute of Management and Research
* S. I. W. S. School College
* [[Institute of Chemical Technology]] (formerly UDCT)
* [[Vidyalankar Institute of Technology|Vidyalankar Campus (Engineering (UG & PG), Science and Management Colleges)]]
* [[VJTI|Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute]] (V.J.T.I)
{{div col end}}

===List of hospitals===
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* Ackworth Leprosy Hospital
* Aditya Eye hospital
* MbPT Hospital
* Mumbai Port Trust Hospital
* Shobha Maternity Hospital
* Rotunda Nursing Home
{{div col end}}

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Vitthal Mandir, Wadala.jpg|Vithhal Mandir, Wadala West
File:Our Lady of Dolours Church, Wadala.jpg|Our Lady of Dolours Church, Wadala West
File:Rocket Garden, Wadala.jpg|Rocket Garden, Wadala West
File:Don Bosco Church, Wadala.jpg|Don Bosco Church, Wadala West
File:Patent Office Wadala.jpg|Indian Patent Office, Wadala East
File:UDCT Wadala.jpg|UDCT, Wadala West
File:Five Garden Wadala.jpg|Five Garden Area, Wadala West
File:Ram Mandir Wadala.jpg|Ram Mandir, Wadala West
File:Wadala Bridge.JPG|Wadala Bridge (Nana Fadnavis Flyover)
File:Barkat Ali Dargah Wadala.jpg|Barkat Ali Dargah, Wadala East
File:Nageshwar Mandir Wadala.jpg|Nageshwar Mandir, Wadala East
File:Vidyalankar Wadala.jpg|Vidyalankar Educational Campus, Wadala East
File:Hanuman Mandir - Wadala East.jpg|Hanuman Mandir, Wadala East
File:Dosti Acres.jpg|Dosti Acres, Wadala East
File:Shaikh Mistry Dargah.jpg|Shaikh Mistry Dargah, Wadala East
File:MBPT Railway Yard.jpg|Mumbai Port Trust Railway Yard
File:Bhakti Park Wadala.jpg|Bhakti Park, Wadala East
File:Mangrove Garden Wadala.JPG|Mangrove Garden, Wadala East
File:Salt Pan Wadala.jpg|Salt Pan, Wadala East
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Wadala Road]]

{{Mumbai metropolitan area}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060627123545/http://www.vowmumbai.org/ Voluntary Citizen Group of Wadala]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Mumbai]]

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