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{{Short description|Planned city in Mumbai Maharashtra, India}}
{{Short description|City in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Distinguish|Mumbai}}
{{Distinguish|Mumbai (Bombay)|Third Mumbai}}
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| name = Navi Mumbai
| name = Navi Mumbai
| other_name = <!-- Please do not  add New Bombay, as the city was officially named Navi Mumbai, it's municipal corporation formed in 1992 was formed with Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), not as NBMC -->
| native_name = ''Navī Muṁbaī'' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]])
| other_name = Previously: New Bombay
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| settlement_type = [[City]]
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| image2 = Vashi Station Complex June 17, 2007.jpg
| image1      = Vashi_Skyline.jpg
| caption1 = [[Navi Mumbai]] skyline
| image2 = Dronagiri night skyline.jpg
| caption2 = [[Dronagiri]] skyline
| image3 = Utsav Chauk, Kharghar Navi Mumbai.jpg
| image3 = Utsav Chauk, Kharghar Navi Mumbai.jpg
| image4    = Greenscape building photo 1, Vashi, Navi Mumbai.jpg
| caption3 = Utsav Chauk
| image1      = Navi Mumbai Skyline.jpg
| image4    = Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT).jpg
| caption4 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]]
| image5    = Vashi Railway Station.jpg
| caption5 = Vashi Railway Station
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| image6    = Navi Mumbai Municipality Corporation.jpeg
| image5    = Vashi Railway Station.jpg
| caption6 = [[NMMC]] headquarter
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| image7    = Uran Nagav beach.jpg
| image8    = PKPAirol Mum Patni Entrance View.jpg
|caption7 = [[Uran]] Nagav beach
| image8    = Central Park, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India.jpg
| caption8 = [[Central Park, Kharghar]]
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| caption9 = [[Pandavkada Falls]]
| image10    = Wonders Park, Navi Mumbai.jpg
| image10    = Wonders Park, Navi Mumbai.jpg
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| caption10 = Wonders Park
| image12     = Rajiv Gandhi Park, Navi Mumbai Photo 1.jpg
| image11     = Rajiv Gandhi Park, Navi Mumbai Photo 1.jpg
| caption11 = Rajiv Gandhi Park
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| caption12 = Skyline across [[Seawoods]] [[Palm Beach Road]]
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| image_caption = Form top left to right: <br />Navi Mumbai Skyline, Vashi Sector 30A, Utsav Chowk, Vashi Sector 30A, Vashi Railway Station, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, [[Seawoods Grand Central]] mall, PKP Airoli IT Park, [[Pandavkada Falls]], Wonders Park, Seawoods Flamingo Refuge, Rajiv Gandhi Joggers Park
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| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Maharashtra|Division]]
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| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Maharashtra|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Maharashtra.svg}} [[Maharashtra]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Konkan division|Konkan]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Konkan division|Konkan]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Thane District]]<br />[[Raigad District]]
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| established_title = Planned, Developed and Owned By
*[[Thane district]]
| established_date = [[City and Industrial Development Corporation|CIDCO]] <!-- CIDCO is the supreme authority for developing cities in Maharashtra and, therefore it develops nodes of Navi Mumbai and than hand it over to NMMC -->
*[[Raigad district]]
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| established_title = Planned and Developed by
| established_date = [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] <!-- CIDCO is the supreme authority for developing cities in Maharashtra and, therefore it develops nodes of Navi Mumbai and than hand it over to NMMC --><!-- CIDCO is the supreme authority for developing cities in Maharashtra and, therefore it develops nodes of Navi Mumbai and than hand it over to NMMC -->
| government_type = [[Municipal Corporations in India|Municipal Corporation]]
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| population_demonym = Navi Mumbaikar
| population_demonym = Navi Mumbaikar
| registration_plate = MH-43 ([[Thane district]])<br />MH-46 ([[Raigad district]])
| registration_plate = MH-43 ([[Thane district]])<br />MH-46 ([[Raigad district]])
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| blank_info_sec1 = [[Navi Mumbai International Airport]]
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| blank1_info_sec1 = '''[[Rapid Transit]]''': [[Navi Mumbai Metro]] <br />'''[[Commuter rail]]''': [[Mumbai Suburban Railway]]
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| governing_body = [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] <br />(Thane District)<br />
| governing_body = {{plainlist|
[[Panvel Municipal Corporation]] (Raigad District)
*[[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] 109.59Sqkm ([[Thane district]])
*[[Panvel Municipal Corporation]] 110 Sqkm ([[Raigad district]])
*[[CIDCO]] 233.7 Sqkm ([[Raigad district]])
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| nickname = Flamingo City
| nickname = Flamingo City
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Navi Mumbai''' ({{IPA-mr|nəʋiː mumbəiː}})<!-- Do not add New Bombay as the city was not called New Bombay, since the Municipal Corporation registered in 1991 was registered as NMMC (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation). There are no documents suggesting it was called New Bombay--> is a planned city that is adjacent to [[Mumbai]], located in the [[Konkan division]] of [[Maharashtra state]], on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is situated across two districts, [[Thane district|Thane]] and [[Raigad district|Raigad]], and is part of the [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region|Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)]].
'''Navi Mumbai''' ({{IPA|mr|nəʋiː mumbəi|lang}}; also known as '''New Bombay''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DYZwpHuqvUC&q=new+Bombay+planning | title=Bombay, New Bombay, and Metropolitan Region: Growth Process and Planning Lessons | last1=Verma | first1=Harnam Singh | date=5 January 1985 | access-date=5 January 2024 | archive-date=22 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922035622/https://books.google.com/books?id=3DYZwpHuqvUC&q=new+Bombay+planning#v=snippet&q=new%20Bombay%20planning&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref> its official name until 1995<!-- The area was officially known as New Bombay until 1995, before the Shiv Sena party changed city names. -->) is a city in the [[Mumbai Metropolitan Area]], located in the [[Konkan division]] of the western [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]]. Navi Mumbai is situated on the Indian mainland, opposite [[Salsette Island]] and the city of [[Mumbai]], and is part of [[Thane district]] and Raigad district.


The city has been ranked 3rd among 73 cities surveyed for cleanliness and hygiene by the [[Ministry of Urban Development|Union Ministry of Urban Development]] (MoUD) and [[Quality Council of India]] (QCI) as a part of [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=136427|title=Swachh Survekshan −2016 – ranks of 73 cities|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220130401/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=136427|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The area within the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has been ranked third among 73 cities surveyed for cleanliness and hygiene by the [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Union Ministry of Urban Development]] and the [[Quality Council of India]] as part of [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]], and is being modified through various projects and developments. Navi Mumbai has, for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023), held on to the third rank in the Indian Commonwealth Cleanliness Survey (Swachh Survekshan) — a nationwide sanitation survey of cities — while Mumbai's ranking slipped to 37 in 2023 from 31 in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=136427|title=Swachh Survekshan −2016 – ranks of 73 cities|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220130401/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=136427|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


Navi Mumbai is home to various educational institutions. Various [[multinational corporation]]s have their head offices/branches across the city, making it an active business hub. Navi Mumbai also has various recreational facilities such as a Golf Course, [[Central Park, Kharghar|Central Park]] and [[Pandavkada Falls|Pandavkada Water Falls]] in [[Kharghar]]. [[Thane–Belapur Road|Thane Belapur Marg]] and [[Palm Beach Marg]] are major business attraction and upmarket residential areas respectively.
Navi Mumbai is home to various educational institutions. Several [[multinational corporation]]s have their head offices or branches across the city, making it an active business hub. [[Thane–Belapur Road]] and [[Palm Beach Marg|Palm Beach Road]] are major business attractions and upmarket residential areas.


==History==
==History==
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In the late 1500s, the [[Janjira State|Siddis of Janjira]] built the [[Belapur Fort|Belapur Killa]], located atop a small hill near the mouth of the Panvel Creek. In 1682, the fort was captured by the Portuguese, who had managed to annex the regions controlled by the Siddis.
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The city's or area history dates back to the late 1500s when [[Janjira State|Siddis of Janjira]] built the [[Belapur Fort|Belapur Killa]] located atop a hillock, near the mouth of the Panvel Creek. In 1682, the fort was captured by the Portuguese, who had managed to annex the regions controlled by the Siddis, near Belapur.
In 1733, the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], led by [[Chimaji Appa]], wrested control of the fort from the Portuguese. Appa had made a vow that if it were to be successfully recaptured from the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]], he would place a garland of ''beli'' leaves in the nearby Amruthaishwar temple, and after the victory, the fort was christened as Belapur Fort. The Marathas ruled the area until 23 June 1817, when it was captured by Captain Charles Gray of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]. The British partially destroyed the fort under their policy of razing any Maratha stronghold in the area.


In 1733, the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], led by [[Chimaji Appa]], wrested control of the fort from the Portuguese. He had made a vow that if it were to be successfully recaptured from the Portuguese, he would place a garland of ''beli'' leaves in a nearby Amruthaishwar temple, and after the victory the fort was christened as Belapur Fort. The Marathas ruled the area until 23 June 1817, when it was captured by Captain Charles Gray of the [[East India Company|British East India Company]]. The British partially destroyed the fort under their policy of razing any Maratha stronghold in the area.
Navi Mumbai’s journey began in the early 1970s, when the Maharashtra government recognized the need for an alternative urban area to relieve the growing pressure on Mumbai, which was then struggling with issues like overcrowding, inadequate housing, and strained infrastructure.


==Planning and Development ==
== Planning and development ==
[[File:Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation-005.jpg|alt=|thumb|Navi Mumbai traffic at rush hour]]
[[File:CIDCO Low Income Housing in navi Mumbai.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|Low Income housing facilities in Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:CIDCO Low Income Housing in navi Mumbai.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|Low Income housing facilities in Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:Navi Mumbai Vashi.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Vashi]], Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:Nerul Lake, Navi Mumbai Photo 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|Skyline of [[Nerul]], Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:Nerul Lake, Navi Mumbai Photo 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|Skyline of [[Nerul]], Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:Seawoods Grand Central 4.jpg|alt=|thumb|Seawoods Grand Central Mall, Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:Utsav Chauk, Kharghar Navi Mumbai.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Utsav Chowk]] at [[Kharghar]]]]
[[File:Utsav Chauk, Kharghar Navi Mumbai.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Utsav Chowk]] at [[Kharghar]]]]


The population of [[Mumbai|Greater Mumbai]] rose from 2.966 million in 1951 to 4.152 million in 1961 and to 5.970 million in 1971. The rapid rate of growth of population resulted in a fast deterioration in the quality of life for the majority of people living in the city.
The population of [[Mumbai|Greater Mumbai]] doubled from three to nearly six million between 1951 and 1971. The population growth led to a deteriorating quality of life for many in the city.
 
The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act was passed in 1966, and the [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region|Bombay Metropolitan Region]] was created in June 1967 and finalized in 1970. The plan called for development, of a twin city across the harbour, on the mainland to the east.


The Government of Maharashtra formed a committee under the Chairmanship of Prof. D. R. Gadgil and asked: “to formulate broad principles of regional planning for the metropolitan regions of Mumbai [[Panvel]] and [[Pune]] and to make recommendations for the establishment of Metropolitan Authorities for preparation and execution of such plans”.
Before Navi Mumbai was made Railway was linked to [[Panvel railway station]] with Diva in 1964, in 1966 it was extended to Apta via Rasayani, then in the 1980s to Roha and in phases was linked to the [[Konkan Railway]] by 1998, in 1990s Harbour line of Suburban Railway reached Navi Mumbai connecting Vashi, Nerul.


The Gadgil Committee inter-alia made two important recommendations which have influenced the planning for Navi Mumbai. One, a planned decentralisation of industries with severe restrictions on further industrial growth in the Bombay region. Two, development of the mainland area as a multi-nucleated settlement, each settlement smaller in size than 250,000 population.
The Board recommended that the new metro-centre or Navi Mumbai as it is now called, be developed to accommodate a population of 2.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Evolution_NewBombay.aspx|title=CIDCO :: Evolution of Navi Mumbai|website=Cidco.maharashtra.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171642/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Evolution_NewBombay.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>


The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act was passed in 1966 and brought into force in January 1967. The [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region|Bombay Metropolitan Region]] was notified in June 1967 and a Regional Planning Board constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri L. G. Rajwade, I. C. S. The Draft Regional Plan of the Board was finalised in January 1970. It proposed the development of a twin city across the harbour, on the mainland to the east, as a counter-magnet to the office concentration taking place at the [[South Mumbai|southern tip]] of Bombay.
The planning of Navi Mumbai began in 1971 and involved leading architects and urban planners including [[Adi Kanga]], [[Charles Correa]], Shirish Patel, Pravina Mehta<ref name="mirror13">{{Cite web | title = Master class with Charles Correa | url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/Master-class-with-Charles-Correa/articleshow/20499060.cms | publisher = Mumbai Mirror | date = 9 June 2013 | access-date = 2 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130613211227/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/Master-class-with-Charles-Correa/articleshow/20499060.cms | archive-date = 13 June 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and R. K. Jha.<ref>Mehta, H.: [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Man-who-built-Navi-Mumbai-is-in-Gujarat/articleshow/5598045.cms Man who built Navi Mumbai is in Gujarat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-21/ahmedabad/28135807_1_gift-navi-mumbai-metro-rail-plan |date=2 February 2014 }} ''[[The Times of India]]'', 21 February 2010. Accessed 27 January 2014.</ref> The [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] (CIDCO) was created as part of these efforts.


The Board recommended that the new metro-centre or Navi Mumbai as it is now called, be developed to accommodate a population of 2.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Evolution_NewBombay.aspx|title=CIDCO :: Evolution of Navi Mumbai|website=Cidco.maharashtra.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171642/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Evolution_NewBombay.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The area covered {{convert|150|km}} of the Konkan coast. Privately owned land consisting of 86 villages covering within the present limits of Navi Mumbai were acquired by the government of Maharashtra.<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite journal|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Piu|title=Urban Villages in Globalized India: Degenerative Growth Processes in Navi Mumbai|journal=Inclusive|date=7 July 2014|url=http://theinclusive.org/urban-villages-in-globalized-india-degenerative-growth-processes-in-navi-mumbai|publisher=Journal of the Kolkata Centre for Contemporary Studies|issn=2278-9758|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026003616/http://theinclusive.org/urban-villages-in-globalized-india-degenerative-growth-processes-in-navi-mumbai|archive-date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Navi Mumbai covers the southern part of [[Thane taluka]] (from [[Thane District]]) and part of [[Panvel taluka|Panvel]] and [[Uran taluka]]s (from [[Raigad District]]).


The planning of Navi Mumbai began in 1971 and involved leading architects and urban planner like [[Charles Correa]] (Chief Architect), Shirish Patel, Pravina Mehta<ref name="mirror13">{{Cite web | title = Master class with Charles Correa | url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/Master-class-with-Charles-Correa/articleshow/20499060.cms | publisher = Mumbai Mirror | date = 9 June 2013 | access-date = 2 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130613211227/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/sunday-read/Master-class-with-Charles-Correa/articleshow/20499060.cms | archive-date = 13 June 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and R. K. Jha (Chief Planner),<ref>Mehta, H.: [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-21/ahmedabad/28135807_1_gift-navi-mumbai-metro-rail-plan Man who built Navi Mumbai is in Gujarat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202190157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-21/ahmedabad/28135807_1_gift-navi-mumbai-metro-rail-plan |date=2 February 2014 }} ''[[The Times of India]]'', 21 February 2010. Accessed 27 January 2014.</ref> The [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] (CIDCO) was established on 17 March 1971, under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 for this purpose. The area covered {{convert|150|km}} of the total {{convert|720|km}} of the Konkan coast. Privately owned land consisting of 86 villages covering {{convert|15954|ha}} within the present limits of Navi Mumbai and further villages measuring an additional {{convert|2870|ha}} were acquired by the government of Maharashtra.<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite journal|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Piu|title=Urban Villages in Globalized India: Degenerative Growth Processes in Navi Mumbai|journal=Inclusive|date=7 July 2014|url=http://theinclusive.org/urban-villages-in-globalized-india-degenerative-growth-processes-in-navi-mumbai|publisher=Journal of the Kolkata Centre for Contemporary Studies|issn=2278-9758|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026003616/http://theinclusive.org/urban-villages-in-globalized-india-degenerative-growth-processes-in-navi-mumbai|archive-date=26 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Navi Mumbai covers the southern part of [[Thane taluka]] (from [[Thane District]]) and part of [[Panvel taluka|Panvel]] and [[Uran taluka]]s (from [[Raigad District]]).
CIDCO carved out 19 small nodes with a view towards facilitating comprehensive development. These nodes were named [[Airoli]], [[Ghansoli]], [[Kopar Khairane]], [[Vashi]], [[Turbhe]], [[Sanpada]], [[Juinagar]], [[Nerul]], [[Seawoods]], [[CBD Belapur]], [[Kharghar]], [[Kamothe]], [[New Panvel]], [[Kalamboli]], [[Ulwe]], [[Dronagiri]] and [[Taloje Panchnand|Taloja.]] [[Sanpada railway station|Sanpada]] is the smallest node of Navi Mumbai at 8.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NMMC |url=https://www.nmmc.gov.in/navimumbai/nmmc-draft-development-plan |access-date=14 March 2024 |archive-date=14 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314034901/https://www.nmmc.gov.in/navimumbai/nmmc-draft-development-plan |url-status=live }}</ref>


CIDCO carved out 19 small nodes with a view towards facilitating comprehensive development. These nodes were named [[Airoli]], [[Ghansoli]], [[Kopar Khairane]], [[Vashi|Juhu Nagar, Vashi]], [[Turbhe]], [[Sanpada]], [[Juinagar]], [[Nerul|Nerul, Seawoods (Darave), Karave Nagar]], [[CBD Belapur]], [[Kharghar]], [[Kamothe]], [[New Panvel]], [[Kalamboli]], [[Ulwe]], [[Dronagiri]] and [[Taloje Panchnad|Taloja]].
CIDCO planned and constructed railway stations, roads, and public spaces in Navi Mumbai and developed nearby areas commercially. In 1973, the [[Vashi]] bridge was opened to the public for residents of [[Vashi]], [[CBD Belapur]] and [[Nerul]]. The Sion-Panvel Highway was built to reduce the time taken to travel from Sion to Panvel. Major changes took place only after 1990, with the commissioning of a wholesale agricultural produce market at Turbhe and the construction of a commuter railway line from Mankhurd to Vashi in May 1992. These developments caused a sudden growth in economic activities and population in Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.nmmc.gov.in/navimumbai/history1540201195 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.nmmc.gov.in/}}</ref>


CIDCO planned and constructed all the railway stations, roads and public spaces in Navi Mumbai and developed nearby areas commercially.
The city originally planned to create affordable housing for people who could not afford living in Mumbai, with planners intent on preventing the growth of slums in the city. However, according to the 2001 census, a fifth<ref>{{cite web|title=Slum population-- 2001 Census|url=http://www.visionmumbai.org/images/projects/Document_mumbai%20slum%20population031313112208.pdf|website=Visionmumbai.org|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912122651/http://www.visionmumbai.org/images/projects/Document_mumbai%20slum%20population031313112208.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Srivastav|first1=Amit|title=Slum-hub|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/slum-hub/article_71409|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Mumbai|date=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171943/http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/slum-hub/article_71409|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> to a third<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/navi-mumbai-was-charles-correas-dream-heres-how-it-turned-into-a-nightmare-2301976.html|last=Vijapurkar|first=Mahesh|date=18 June 2015|access-date=27 June 2015|title=Navi Mumbai was Charles Correa's dream: Here's how it turned into a nightmare|work=[[Firstpost]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621015234/http://www.firstpost.com/india/navi-mumbai-was-charles-correas-dream-heres-how-it-turned-into-a-nightmare-2301976.html|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> of the population of municipalized Navi Mumbai live in slums
[[File:Vashi Bridge.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|[[Vashi Bridge]] across the creek]]
<ref>{{cite web|title=Slum and Non-Slum Population, Sex ratio and Literacy rate by City/ Towns, in Maharashtra State 2001|url=http://iipsenvis.nic.in/Database/Urbanization_4104.aspx|publisher=ENVIS Centre on Population and Environment (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India)|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109061030/http://iipsenvis.nic.in/Database/Urbanization_4104.aspx|archive-date=9 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''gaothans'' (urban villages),<ref name=Chatterjee/> with thousands of buildings violating planning norms.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhosale|first1=Arpika|title=23,000 illegal two-storey buildings in Navi Mumbai|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/23000-illegal-two-storey-buildings-in-navi-mumbai/|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Free Press Journal|date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204064346/http://www.freepressjournal.in/23000-illegal-two-storey-buildings-in-navi-mumbai|archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
In 1973, the [[Vashi]] bridge was opened to the public for residents of [[Vashi]], [[CBD Belapur]] and [[Nerul]]. The Sion-Panvel Highway was built to reduce the time taken to travel from Sion to Panvel. Initially, there was not much response to the new city. Major changes took place only after 1990, with the commissioning of a wholesale agricultural produce market at Turbhe and the construction of a commuter railway line from Mankhurd to Vashi in May 1992. These developments caused a sudden growth in economic activities and population in Navi Mumbai.


The city was originally planned to create affordable housing for people who could not afford living in Mumbai. It was decided not to let any slum pockets pop up across the city. But it failed. as, according to the 2001 census, a fifth<ref>{{cite web|title=Slum population-- 2001 Census|url=http://www.visionmumbai.org/images/projects/Document_mumbai%20slum%20population031313112208.pdf|website=Visionmumbai.org|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912122651/http://www.visionmumbai.org/images/projects/Document_mumbai%20slum%20population031313112208.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Srivastav|first1=Amit|title=Slum-hub|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/slum-hub/article_71409|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Mumbai|date=15 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171943/http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/slum-hub/article_71409|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> to a third<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/navi-mumbai-was-charles-correas-dream-heres-how-it-turned-into-a-nightmare-2301976.html|last=Vijapurkar|first=Mahesh|date=18 June 2015|access-date=27 June 2015|title=Navi Mumbai was Charles Correa's dream: Here's how it turned into a nightmare|work=[[Firstpost]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621015234/http://www.firstpost.com/india/navi-mumbai-was-charles-correas-dream-heres-how-it-turned-into-a-nightmare-2301976.html|archive-date=21 June 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> of the population of municipalized Navi Mumbai lives in slums
By the end of the 1990s, the planning authority of Navi Mumbai sought to attract private developers to the city. A new rail link between Nerul and Uran was opened on 11 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-first-phase-of-nerul-seawoods-uran-rail-line-commissioned/articleshow/66578304.cms|title=uran rail line commissioned: Mumbai: First phase of Nerul-Seawoods-Uran rail line commissioned|date=11 November 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=23 January 2020|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402160002/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-first-phase-of-nerul-seawoods-uran-rail-line-commissioned/articleshow/66578304.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Slum and Non-Slum Population, Sex ratio and Literacy rate by City/ Towns, in Maharashtra State 2001|url=http://iipsenvis.nic.in/Database/Urbanization_4104.aspx|publisher=ENVIS Centre on Population and Environment (Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India)|access-date=28 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109061030/http://iipsenvis.nic.in/Database/Urbanization_4104.aspx|archive-date=9 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and ''gaothans'' (urban villages),<ref name=Chatterjee/> with thousands of buildings violating planning norms.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhosale|first1=Arpika|title=23,000 illegal two-storey buildings in Navi Mumbai|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/23000-illegal-two-storey-buildings-in-navi-mumbai/|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Free Press Journal|date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204064346/http://www.freepressjournal.in/23000-illegal-two-storey-buildings-in-navi-mumbai|archive-date=4 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


By the end of the 1990s, the planning authority of Navi Mumbai initiated private participation in the developmental activity of Navi Mumbai. A new railway link between Nerul and Uran was inaugurated on 11 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-first-phase-of-nerul-seawoods-uran-rail-line-commissioned/articleshow/66578304.cms|title=uran rail line commissioned: Mumbai: First phase of Nerul-Seawoods-Uran rail line commissioned|date=November 11, 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> Southern Navi Mumbai is being developed rapidly with its class infrastructure and modern nodes of [[Kharghar]], [[Kamothe]], [[Panvel]] and [[Kalamboli]]. These nodes are experiencing major infrastructural developments due to their proximity to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. Also, the latest development known as 'One Time Planning' with an estimated budget of ₹12,821 crores is underway to transform the municipalized Navi Mumbai on the lines of the Mega Cities of the world.
Southern Navi Mumbai is developing rapidly in the modern nodes of [[Kharghar]], [[Kamothe]], [[Panvel]], and [[Kalamboli]]. These nodes are experiencing major [[Infrastructure|infrastructural]] developments due to their proximity to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (Phase 1) started operations on 25th December 2025.<ref>{{Cite news
|title = Navi Mumbai International Airport begins operations: 48 flights, 4k passengers on day one; first IndiGo flight lands from Bengaluru
|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/navi-mumbai-international-airport-begins-operations-48-flights-4k-passengers-on-day-one-first-indigo-flight-lands-from-bengaluru/articleshow/126175619.cms
|work = The Times of India
|date = 26 December 2025
|access-date = 17 January 2026
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|date = 9 October 2025
|title = Navi Mumbai airport inauguration: First flight from NMIA expected around Christmas
|work = Mid-Day
|url = https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/navi-mumbai-airport-inauguration-first-flight-from-nmia-expected-around-christmas-23597847
|language = en-GB
}}</ref>


== Flora And Fauna ==
Navi Mumbai has, been ranked 5th best “National Clean Air City” in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |access-date=21 September 2024 |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914164336/https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
A significant part of Flamingos that settle in the Greater Mumbai Region are found in Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohta |first=Payal |date=2019-03-26 |title='A double-edged sword': Mumbai pollution 'perfect' for flamingos |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/26/a-double-edged-sword-mumbai-pollution-perfect-for-flamingos |access-date=2023-03-28 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-05-02 |title=Over 100,000 Flamingos Reportedly Descend on Mumbai Amid India's Strict Coronavirus Lockdown |url=https://time.com/5831198/flamingos-coronavirus/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Flamingos turn Mumbai lakes into 'sea of pink' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-56250443 |access-date=2023-03-28}}</ref>
 
== Flora and fauna ==
A significant percentage of [[flamingo]]s that settle in the Greater Mumbai Region are found in Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mohta |first=Payal |date=26 March 2019 |title='A double-edged sword': Mumbai pollution 'perfect' for flamingos |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/26/a-double-edged-sword-mumbai-pollution-perfect-for-flamingos |access-date=28 March 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922035622/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/26/a-double-edged-sword-mumbai-pollution-perfect-for-flamingos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2 May 2020 |title=Over 100,000 Flamingos Reportedly Descend on Mumbai Amid India's Strict Coronavirus Lockdown |url=https://time.com/5831198/flamingos-coronavirus/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=22 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922035622/https://time.com/5831198/flamingos-coronavirus/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Flamingos turn Mumbai lakes into 'sea of pink' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-56250443 |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328142018/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-56250443 |url-status=live }}</ref> Navi Mumbai also contains a stretch of [[mangrove]]s.


==Administration==
==Administration==
===CIDCO===
===CIDCO===
When Navi Mumbai was created in the 1970s, CIDCO was the only authority that looked after the development and maintenance of the city. CIDCO prepared a developmental plan for Navi Mumbai covering 95 villages all over the city.
The [[City and Industrial Development Corporation]] (CIDCO) was responsible for maintenance, tax collection, and development of the city since its inception in the 1970s.
[[File:Night scene in New Bombay with building lit with coloured lights.JPG|alt=|thumb|Navi Mumbai streets at night]]
For the first ten years of the project [[CIDCO]] acted as the planning and administrative body and as the developer and builder for the project. Taxes on property, land, commercial and water were payable to CIDCO.


CIDCO planned 14 nodes divided into the North and the South part.<ref name="CIDCO_DP">{{cite web |title=Development Plan |website=CIDCO |date=2017-12-19 |url=https://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/navi_mumbai#developmentplans&gsc.tab=0 |access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> The 7 nodes in the North part are [[Airoli|Airoli node]], [[Ghansoli|Ghansoli node]], [[Kopar Khairane|Kopar Khairane node]], [[Vashi|Vashi node]], [[Sanpada|Sanpada node]], [[Nerul|Nerul node]] and [[CBD Belapur|Belapur node]]. The 7 nodes in the South part are [[Kharghar|Kharghar node]], [[Kamothe|Kamothe node]], [[Kalamboli|Kalamboli node]], Pushpak Nagar node, [[New Panvel|Panvel node]], [[Ulwe|Ulwe node]] and [[Dronagiri|Dronagiri node]]. Also, two municipal bodies have been established, [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation|Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC)]] in the North and [[Panvel Municipal Corporation]] in the South. Each of the nodes is divided into smaller groups called sectors.
CIDCO planned 14 areas for the city.<ref name="CIDCO_DP">{{cite web |title=Development Plan |website=CIDCO |date=19 December 2017 |url=https://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/navi_mumbai#developmentplans&gsc.tab=0 |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410192058/https://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/navi_mumbai#developmentplans&gsc.tab=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The seven areas in the North were [[Airoli|Airoli node]], [[Ghansoli|Ghansoli node]], [[Kopar Khairane|Kopar Khairane node]], [[Vashi|Vashi node]], [[Sanpada|Sanpada node]], [[Nerul|Nerul node]] and [[CBD Belapur|Belapur node]]. The seven areas in the South were [[Kharghar|Kharghar node]], [[Kamothe|Kamothe node]], [[Kalamboli|Kalamboli node]], Pushpak Nagar node, [[New Panvel|Panvel node]], [[Ulwe|Ulwe node]] and [[Dronagiri|Dronagiri node]]. Two additional municipal bodies were created, [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation|Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC)]] in the North and [[Panvel Municipal Corporation]] in the South. Each area is divided into smaller groups called sectors.


Initially only Juhu Nagar, Vashi, Nerul and CBD Belapur were developed by CIDCO with housing, schools and community centre roads. But after the arrival of the harbour railway line extension in the 1990s, there was an increase in population. CIDCO shifted its development plan to nodes like Kharghar, Kamothe, New Panvel and Kopar Khairane. In its new development plan, CIDCO land was allocated to builders for housing. CIDCO only provided basic infrastructure like roads, water and electricity, these nodes were developed mostly by private builders according to the CIDCO plan.
CIDCO initially developed areas like Juhu Nagar (Vashi), Nerul, and CBD Belapur with homes, schools, and roads. Later, due to a growing population with the railway extension in the 1990s, CIDCO shifted focus to Kharghar, Kamothe, New Panvel and Kopar Khairane. Private builders played a large role in developing these areas. CIDCO, as of 2015, runs newer areas in South Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{citation |title=CIDCO announces Rs 34,000-crore smart city project |date=3 December 2015 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/business/cidco-announces-rs-34000crore-smart-city-project/article7943833.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2015 |location=Mumbai |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124152519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/business/cidco-announces-rs-34000crore-smart-city-project/article7943833.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |author=BS Reporter |title=Cidco launches Navi Mumbai smart city project |date=5 December 2015 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cidco-launches-navi-mumbai-smart-city-project-115120400839_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard India  |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124736/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cidco-launches-navi-mumbai-smart-city-project-115120400839_1.html |url-status=live |location=Mumbai |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Buildings along the Palm Beach Road.JPG|thumb|left|Skyline across [[Palm Beach Road]]]]


The newly developed nodes of Navi Mumbai on the south side like Kharghar, Kamothe, New Panvel and Kalamboli are maintained by CIDCO. These nodes, which are all beyond CBD Belapur, come under the Raigad district.
===Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation===


State government has asked CIDCO to develop South Navi Mumbai as a smart city as it will be a role model for other states in the country. Smart City project includes, [[Navi Mumbai International Airport]], [[Mumbai Trans Harbour Link]] connecting [[Ulwe]] with [[Sewri]], a long coastal link from [[Dronagiri]], extension of the [[Palm Beach Road]] from [[Kopar Khairane]] to [[Airoli]], extension of national highway, local train railway from [[Panvel]] to [[Ulwe]] and [[Uran]], new metro projects, including [[CBD Belapur]], [[Taloja]], [[Khandeshwar]] and Navi Mumbai airport metro project, development of fourth container terminal in [[JNPT]], new greenfield cities, one near [[Uran]], affordable housing schemes for low income groups and Project Affected Peoples (PAPs), new parks, playgrounds, auditoriums, bhavans, noise and air quality index checkers using advanced technologies, modern sewage treatment plants. CIDCO has its own plan of developing the area under its jurisdiction (informally called as Navi Mumbai South) as a smart city. Everything will be completed by 2022, except the airport.<ref>{{citation |title=CIDCO announces Rs 34,000-crore smart city project |date=3 December 2015 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/business/cidco-announces-rs-34000crore-smart-city-project/article7943833.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2015 |location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{citation |author=BS Reporter |title=Cidco launches Navi Mumbai smart city project |date=5 December 2015 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cidco-launches-navi-mumbai-smart-city-project-115120400839_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard India |df=dmy-all |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124736/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/cidco-launches-navi-mumbai-smart-city-project-115120400839_1.html |url-status=live |location=Mumbai |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
On 17 December 1991, [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] (NMMC) was constituted by the state government for maintaining some of the developed nodes of Navi Mumbai.


===NMMC===
Local self-government started on 1 January 1992. NMMC was handed seven of the 14 nodes of the Navi Mumbai project area for its jurisdiction. However, [[CIDCO]], as a planning authority, has rights on the open plots in these seven nodes.


On 17 December 1991, [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] (NMMC) was constituted by the state government for maintaining some of the developed nodes of Navi Mumbai.
The NMMC jurisdiction starts at Digha Gaon in the North and ends at Belapur in the South.<ref name="NMMC_Ward">{{cite web |title=Zoning |website=NMMC |url=https://www.nmmc.gov.in/zoning |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002154213/https://www.nmmc.gov.in/zoning |url-status=live }}</ref> The NMMC area is planned into seven nodes (zones) - [[CBD Belapur|Belapur]], [[Nerul]], [[Sanpada]], [[Vashi]], [[Kopar Khairane]], [[Ghansoli]] and [[Airoli]].
[[File:Navi Mumbai Municipality Corporation.jpeg|alt=|thumb|NMMC Main Building, [[CBD Belapur]]]]
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is rated amongst the richest corporations in Maharashtra.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
 
The Municipal Corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner and an elected Mayor.


Local self-government started on 1 January 1992. NMMC was handed seven of the 14 nodes of the Navi Mumbai project area for its jurisdiction. However, [[CIDCO]], as a planning authority, has rights on the open plots in these seven nodes.


The NMMC jurisdiction starts at Digha in the North and ends at Belapur in the South.<ref name="NMMC_Ward">{{cite web |title=Zoning |website=NMMC |url=https://www.nmmc.gov.in/zoning |access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> The NMMC area is planned into seven nodes (zones) - [[CBD Belapur|Belapur node]], [[Nerul|Nerul node]], [[Sanpada|Sanpada Node]], [[Vashi|Vashi node]], [[Kopar Khairane|Kopar Khairane node]], [[Ghansoli|Ghansoli node]] and [[Airoli|Airoli node]].
[[File:Navi Mumbai Municipality Corporation.jpeg|alt=|thumb|NMMC Main Building]]
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is rated amongst the richest corporations in Maharashtra.


The municipal corporation is headed by a municipal commissioner and an elected mayor. Currently, due to delayed in corporation election, the commissioner of corporation Mr. Abhijeet Bangar takes the charge of administrator for management of [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] until next elections.


===PMC===
=== Municipal finance ===
Panvel Municipal Council (PMC), which previously administered the city of [[Panvel|Old Panvel]], was upgraded from Municipal Council to a Municipal Corporation <ref name="news">{{citation |title=Talks begin to give corporation status to PMC |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Navi-Mumbai/Talks-begin-to-give-corporation-status-to-PMC/articleshow/50143351.cms |location=Navi Mumbai |author=U K Nambiar |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |publisher=[[The Times of India|TOI]] |date=12 December 2015 |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806145033/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Navi-Mumbai/Talks-begin-to-give-corporation-status-to-PMC/articleshow/50143351.cms |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=2 new civic bodies on cards |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mumbai/2-new-civic-bodies-on-cards/articleshow/50094863.cms |location=Mumbai |author=Bhavika Jain |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |publisher=[[The Times of India|TOI]] |date=9 December 2015 |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210111500/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/2-new-civic-bodies-on-cards/articleshow/50094863.cms |archive-date=10 December 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> after incorporating the adjacent nodes of Navi Mumbai under CIDCO's jurisdiction and surrounding villages in the proposed [[Panvel Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{citation |title=PMC's civic body plan includes 3 more villages |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/PMCs-civic-body-plan-includes-3-more-villages/articleshow/50249695.cms |location=Navi Mumbai |author=Umesh K Parida |agency=[[Times News Network|TNN]] |publisher=[[The Times of India|TOI]] |date=20 December 2015 |access-date=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809170629/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/PMCs-civic-body-plan-includes-3-more-villages/articleshow/50249695.cms |archive-date=9 August 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


According to financial data published on the CityFinance Portal of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Finance |url=https://www.cityfinance.in/municipal-data/city/navi-mumbai |publisher=CityFinance Portal, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |access-date=17 March 2026}}</ref> the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation reported total revenue receipts of ₹2,497 crore (US$300 million) and total expenditure of ₹1,991 crore (US$240 million) in 2022–23. Tax revenue accounted for about 76.0% of the total revenue, while the corporation received ₹3 crore in grants during the financial year.
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==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Navi Mumbai in 2011 is 1,120,547; out of which males and females are 610,060 and 510,487 respectively. Although Navi Mumbai has population of 1,120,547, its urban / metropolitan population is 18,414,288 of which 9,894,088 are males and 8,520,200 are females. At least 65.5% of population speaks Marathi language in Navi Mumbai.
According to Census India, the population of Navi Mumbai in 2011 is 1,120,547, out of which males and females are 610,060 and 510,487 respectively. Meanwhile, its metropolitan population is 18,414,288, of which 9,894,088 are males and 8,520,200 are females. At least 60% of the population speaks the [[Marathi language]].


Total number of literate individuals in Navi Mumbai is 911,542. Out of this number, 519,257 are males while 392,285 are females. Average literacy rate of Navi Mumbai is 91.57 percent of which male and female literacy was 95.05 and 87.33 percent. The sex ratio of Navi Mumbai is 831 females per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 901 per 1000 boys.
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==Transport==
==Transport and infrastructure==
[[File:IndianRailwaysDEMU.jpg|alt=|thumb|DEMU train at Panvel, Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:IndianRailwaysDEMU.jpg|alt=|thumb|DEMU train at Panvel, Navi Mumbai]]
[[File:MakeInIndia-NMMT-Volvo-Hybrid.jpg|alt=|thumb|NMMT AC VOLVO]]
[[File:Belapur Rly Stn.jpg|alt=|thumb|Belapur Railway Station]]
[[File:Belapur Rly Stn.jpg|alt=|thumb|Belapur Railway Station]]
[[File:Vashi Station Complex June 17, 2007.jpg|alt=|thumb|Vashi Station Complex at night]]
[[File:Vashi railway station aerial view, 2016.JPG|alt=|thumb|Vashi station complex]]
Navi Mumbai has a robust infrastructure, is well connected to other parts of the state and country and is relatively less polluted compared to Mumbai. The city has a good public transportation system with [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport|NMMT]], the transport wing of NMMC, serving the bus commuters, the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway|Mumbai suburban railway]] serving the train commuters and a large fleet of [[auto rickshaw]]s for intra-nodal commute. The [[Mumbai-Pune Expressway]] starts at [[Kalamboli]] in Navi Mumbai. The [[Mumbai Trans Harbour Link]] (MTHL), also known as the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link, is an under construction {{convert|22|km|adj=on}} long freeway grade road bridge connecting [[South Mumbai]] with Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link May Be Ready Before 2022 Deadline, Says Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-may-be-ready-before-2022-deadline-says-chief-minister-uddhav-thackeray|work=[[BloombergQuint]]|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
Navi Mumbai has a robust infrastructure, is well connected to other parts of the state and country and is less polluted compared to Mumbai. The city has a good public transportation system with [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport|NMMT]], the transport wing of NMMC, serving bus commuters, the [[Mumbai Suburban Railway|Mumbai suburban railway]] serving train commuters and a large fleet of [[auto rickshaw]]s for intra-nodal commute. The [[Mumbai-Pune Expressway]] starts at [[Kalamboli]] in Navi Mumbai. The [[Mumbai Trans Harbour Link]] (MTHL), also known as the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link, is a {{convert|22|km|adj=on}} long freeway grade road bridge connecting [[South Mumbai]] with Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link May Be Ready Before 2022 Deadline, Says Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-may-be-ready-before-2022-deadline-says-chief-minister-uddhav-thackeray|work=[[BloombergQuint]]|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922035738/https://www.ndtvprofit.com/politics/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-may-be-ready-before-2022-deadline-says-chief-minister-uddhav-thackeray|url-status=live}}</ref> It opened on 12 January 2024, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the bridge.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-photos-videos-cost-mthl-traffic-rules-mumbai-police-2487221-2024-01-11 | title=Speed limit 100 km/Hr, no bikes and autos: All about India's longest sea bridge | date=11 January 2024 | access-date=13 January 2024 | archive-date=12 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112071751/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mumbai-trans-harbour-link-photos-videos-cost-mthl-traffic-rules-mumbai-police-2487221-2024-01-11 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/atal-setu-indias-longest-bridge-news-pm-modi-inaugurate-mumbai-trans-harbour-link-mthl-today-11705023137497.html | title=Atal Setu news: PM Modi to inaugurate Mumbai Trans Harbour Link today | date=12 January 2024 | access-date=13 January 2024 | archive-date=12 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112071719/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/atal-setu-indias-longest-bridge-news-pm-modi-inaugurate-mumbai-trans-harbour-link-mthl-today-11705023137497.html | url-status=live }}</ref>


The [[Mumbai suburban railway]] network covers most of the populated regions of the city. The most important suburban stations are Vashi, Nerul, Belapur and Panvel. The stations are planned as major railway junctions. [[Panvel railway station|Panvel]] is the only mainline station and also the busiest railway station of Navi Mumbai. All outstation trains halt here for time periods varying from 5 to 20 minutes. It is an important junction, railway lines come and meet here and it is connected to almost all parts of India. A new broad gauge line is functional between [[Karjat]] & [[Panvel]].
The [[Mumbai suburban railway]] network covers most of the populated regions of the city. The most important suburban stations are Vashi, Nerul, Belapur and Panvel. The stations are planned as major railway junctions. [[Panvel railway station|Panvel]] is the only mainline station as well as the busiest railway station in Navi Mumbai. All outstation trains halt here for time periods varying from five to 20 minutes. It is an important junction; railway lines come and meet here and it is connected to almost all parts of India. A new broad gauge line is functional between [[Karjat]] & [[Panvel]].


[[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport]] (BEST) buses run from various area of Mumbai to Navi Mumbai & [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport]] (NMMT) buses run all over Navi Mumbai and various area in Mumbai, Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli-Badlapur, Panvel-Khopoli-Taloja, Uran-Ulwe etc. NMMT runs AC Volvo buses from Navi Mumbai to Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli. The [[Palm Beach Marg]], a {{convert|10|km|adj=on}} long six lane road connects Vashi to CBD Belapur running parallel to the [[Thane Creek]].
[[Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport]] (BEST) buses run from various area of Mumbai to Navi Mumbai & [[Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport]] (NMMT) buses run all over Navi Mumbai and various area in Mumbai, Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli-Badlapur, Panvel-Khopoli-Taloja, Uran-Ulwe etc. The [[Palm Beach Marg]], a {{convert|10|km|adj=on}} long six lane road connects Vashi to CBD Belapur running parallel to the [[Thane Creek]].


'''NMMT Routes in Navi Mumbai'''
Auto rickshaws provide inter- and intra-nodal public transport across the city. Taxis operating from designated taxi stands provide the means to travel to further destinations. Taxis charge a fixed rate approved by the R. T. O., details of which can be found on popular local transit apps of the city.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kamal|first1=Hassan|title=Good news for the daily commuter|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mobile-app-good-news-for-the-daily-commuter/16327184|website=Mid-day.com|date=29 June 2015 |publisher=Mid-Day|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802052915/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mobile-app-good-news-for-the-daily-commuter/16327184|archive-date=2 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| NMMT || 2 || Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn to Purna Village
|-
| NMMT || 2E || Divanagar (Airoli Sector 10) to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn
|-
| NMMT || 3 || Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn Via Patni
|-
| NMMT || 4 || Vashi (Sector 07) Bus Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn
|-
| NMMT || 4E || Mahape Junction to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn
|-
| NMMT || 5 || Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn to Bhiwandi Via Mankoli
|-
| NMMT || AC 7 || Vashi Rly Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn
|-
| NMMT || 8 || Vashi Rly Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn Via Ghansoli Village
|-
| NMMT || AC 9 || Vashi Rly Stn to Ghansoli Depot
|-
| NMMT || 10 || Sanpada Rly Stn to Ghansoli Depot Via APMC Market
|-
| NMMT || 11 || Sanpada Rly Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn Via MIDC
|-
| NMMT || 12 || Airoli Bus Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn Via MIDC
|-
| NMMT || AC 14 || Nerul Sector 50 to DY Patil College (Nerul LP)
|-
| NMMT || AC 15 || Nerul Sector 46/48 to DY Patil College (Nerul LP)
|-
| NMMT || AC 16 || Belapur Rly Stn to Nhava Village
|-
| NMMT || AC 17 || Nerul Rly Stn (E) to Baman Dongri Rly Stn (Ulwe)
|-
| NMMT || AC 18 || Ghansoli Depot to Kharkopar Rly Stn (Ulwe)
|-
| NMMT || AC 20 || Ghansoli Depot to Nerul Sector 46/48
|-
| NMMT || AC 21 || Vashi (Sector 07) Bus Stn to Artist Colony (CBD) Via Nerul (E)
|-
| NMMT || AC 22 || Vashi (Sector 07) Bus Stn to Jalvayu Vihar (Kharghar) Via Nerul (W)
|-
| NMMT || AC 23 || Artist Colony (CBD) to Kharkopar Rly Stn (Ulwe)
|-
| NMMT || 24 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn
|-
| NMMT || 30 || Kalamboli (Roadpali) to Uran (Pensioners Park)
|-
| NMMT || 31 || Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Uran (Pensioners Park)
|-
| NMMT || AC 34 || Jui Nagar Rly Stn (E) to Koproli Village
|-
| NMMT || 41 || Vashi Rly Stn to Dombivli Rly Stn (W) Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || AC 42 || Vashi Rly Stn to Dombivli Rly Stn (W) Via APMC Market / Kopar Khairane
|-
| NMMT || 43 || Kharghar Rly Stn to Taloja Phase 1
|-
| NMMT || AC 44 || Belapur Rly Stn to Dombivli Rly Stn (W) Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || 45 || Kharghar Rly Stn to Taloja Phase 2
|-
| NMMT || 46 || Vashi Rly Stn to Badlapur Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || 47 || Belapur Rly Stn to Badlapur Via Taloja MIDC
|-
| NMMT || 48 || Belapur Rly Stn to Rasayani Via Dandphata
|-
| NMMT || 49 || Belapur Rly Stn to Karjat
|-
| NMMT || 50 || Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Panvel Rly Stn (W)
|-
| NMMT || AC 52 || Belapur Rly Stn to Taloja Phase 2 Via Kharghar
|-
| NMMT || 53 || Kharghar Rly Stn to RAF Colony
|-
| NMMT || 54 || Kharghar Rly Stn to Shilp Valley (Sector 36)
|-
| NMMT || AC 55 || Ghansoli Depot to Taloja Phase 1 Via Kharghar
|-
| NMMT || 56 || Mansarovar Rly Stn to Roadpali Via Kalamboli
|-
| NMMT || 58 || Vashi Bus Stn to Khopoli
|-
| NMMT || 59 || Khandeshwar Rly Stn to Panvel Rly Stn (E)
|-
| NMMT || 60 || Vashi Rly Stn to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || AC 61 || Belapur Rly Stn to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || AC 62 || Vashi Rly Stn to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Kopar Khairane
|-
| NMMT || 64 || Digha Rly Stn to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Airoli
|-
| NMMT || AC 65 || Patni to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Airoli / MIDC
|-
| NMMT || 66 || Ghansoli Rly Stn (E) to Kalyan Rly Stn (W)
|-
| NMMT || 71 || Belapur Rly Stn to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Taloja MIDC
|-
| NMMT || 73 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to Kalyan Rly Stn (W) Via Taloja MIDC
|-
| NMMT || 75 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to Sai Nagar
|-
| NMMT || 76 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to Karanjade Sector 06
|-
| NMMT || 77 || Panvel Rly Stn (E) to Mahalaxmi Nagar (Nere Village)
|-
| NMMT || AC 81 || Vashi Rly Stn to Mumbra Retibunder Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || 82 || Vashi Rly Stn to Diva Rly Stn (E) Via Turbhe Naka
|-
| NMMT || 83 || Airoli Bus Stn to Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn Via Patni
|-
| NMMT || 84 || Vashi Rly Stn to Mumbra Retibunder Via Kopar Khairane
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| NMMT || 86 || Thane (Cidco) Bus Stn to Diva Rly Sun (E) Via Kalwa / Mumbra
|-
| NMMT || AC 100 || Vashi Rly Stn to Lokmanya Nagar (Thane) Via Mulund Gawanpada
|-
| NMMT || AC 105 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to Bandra Rly Stn (W)
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| NMMT || AC 106 || Panvel Rly Stn (W) to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
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| NMMT || AC 107 || CBD Belapur Bus Stn to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
|-
| NMMT || AC 108 || Nerul Sector 46/48 to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
|-
| NMMT || 109 || Digha Rly Stn to Nahur Rly Stn (E) Via Patni
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| NMMT || AC 110 || Jalvayu Vihar (Kharghar) to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
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| NMMT || AC 114 || Ghansoli Depot to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
|-
| NMMT || AC 115 || Kharkopar Rly Stn (Ulwe) to World Trade Centre Via Freeway
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| NMMT || AC 125 || Jalvayu Vihar (Kharghar) to Borivali Rly Stn (E) Via Eastern Express Highway
|-
| NMMT || AC 131 || Airoli Bus Stn to Borivali Rly Stn (E) Via Ghodbunder Road
|-
| NMMT || AC 144 || Airoli Bus Stn to Andheri Rly Stn (E)
|-
|}


'''BEST Routes in Navi Mumbai'''
Navi Mumbai has the second-largest [[container terminal]] in India after [[Mundra Port]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]] at [[Nhava Sheva]] near [[Uran]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/port-nhava-sheva/india’s-major-ports-see-67-percent-growth-container-volumes_20150407.html | title = India's major ports see 6.7 percent growth in container volumes | publisher = JOC.com. | date = 7 April 2010 | access-date = 27 June 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150507235822/http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/port-nhava-sheva/india%E2%80%99s-major-ports-see-67-percent-growth-container-volumes_20150407.html | archive-date = 7 May 2015 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It is well connected by road and rail and handles approximately 56.13% of India's container traffic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/JNPT%E2%80%99s-12-lane-freight-corridor-to-ease-traffic-snarls-around-Mumbai/article16961041.ece|title=JNPT's 12-lane freight corridor to ease traffic snarls around Mumbai|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 February 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230153617/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/JNPT%E2%80%99s-12-lane-freight-corridor-to-ease-traffic-snarls-around-Mumbai/article16961041.ece|archive-date=30 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jnport.gov.in/JNPCT.aspx|title=JNPT|website=Jnport.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801190007/http://www.jnport.gov.in/JNPCT.aspx|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The city will be served by the newly inaugurated [[Navi Mumbai International Airport]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| BEST || 501 || Kurla Rly Stn (E) to Airoli Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || 502 || Tata Power Stn (Chembur) to Nerul Sector 46/48
|-
| BEST || 504 || Deonar Depot to Jalvayu Vihar (Kharghar)
|-
| BEST || C-505 || Bandra Depot to CBD Belapur Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || 506 || Deonar Depot to Nerul Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || 507 || Santacruz Rly Stn (E) to APMC Market (Vashi) Via SCLR
|-
| BEST || 511 || Ghatkopar Depot to Nerul Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || 512 || Mulund (W) Check Naka Bus Stn to Nerul Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || C-513 || Mulund Depot to Vashi Rly Stn
|-
| BEST || 517 || Santacruz Rly Stn (E) to APMC Market (Vashi)
|-
| BEST || C-521 || Wadala Depot to Ghansoli Gharonda
|-
| BEST || 522 || Marol Depot to Millenium Business Park (Mahape)
|-
| BEST || 523 || Dindoshi Depot to Airoli Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || C-525 || Majas Depot to Vashi Rly Stn
|-
| BEST || 533 || Agarkar Chowk Andheri Rly Stn (E) to APMC Market (Vashi)
|-
| BEST || 545 || Agarkar Chowk Andheri Rly Stn (E) to Airoli Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || C-53 || Ghatkopar Depot to Kalamboli Bus Stn
|-
| BEST || C-54 || Worli Depot to Airoli Bus Stn Via BKC
|-
|}


Auto rickshaws provide inter as well as intra nodal public transport across the city. Taxis operating from designated taxi stands provide the means to travel to further destinations. Taxis charge a fixed rate approved by the R. T. O. details of which can be found on popular local transit apps of the city.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kamal|first1=Hassan|title=Good news for the daily commuter|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mobile-app-good-news-for-the-daily-commuter/16327184|website=Mid-day.com|date=29 June 2015 |publisher=Mid-Day|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802052915/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mobile-app-good-news-for-the-daily-commuter/16327184|archive-date=2 August 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
===Airports ===
 
Navi Mumbai has the largest [[container terminal]] in India, [[Jawaharlal Nehru Port]] at [[Nhava Sheva]] near [[Uran]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/port-nhava-sheva/india’s-major-ports-see-67-percent-growth-container-volumes_20150407.html | title = India's major ports see 6.7 percent growth in container volumes | publisher = JOC.com. | date = 7 April 2010 | access-date = 27 June 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150507235822/http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/port-nhava-sheva/india%E2%80%99s-major-ports-see-67-percent-growth-container-volumes_20150407.html | archive-date = 7 May 2015 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It is well connected by road and rail, and handles approximately 56.13% of India's container traffic.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/JNPT%E2%80%99s-12-lane-freight-corridor-to-ease-traffic-snarls-around-Mumbai/article16961041.ece|title=JNPT's 12-lane freight corridor to ease traffic snarls around Mumbai|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-02-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230153617/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/JNPT%E2%80%99s-12-lane-freight-corridor-to-ease-traffic-snarls-around-Mumbai/article16961041.ece|archive-date=30 December 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jnport.gov.in/JNPCT.aspx|title=JNPT|website=Jnport.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801190007/http://www.jnport.gov.in/JNPCT.aspx|archive-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]], 30&nbsp;km away, is the nearest airport to the city.
 
===International Airport===
{{Main|Navi Mumbai International Airport}}
{{Main|Navi Mumbai International Airport}}
The Navi Mumbai International Airport<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/GMR-cites-%E2%80%98execution-challenges%E2%80%99-may-exit-Navi-Mumbai-airport-project/article16984723.ece|title=GMR cites 'execution challenges', may exit Navi Mumbai airport project|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-02-27|language=en}}</ref> is being constructed in southern Panvel near [[Ulwe]]. It is being built through Public Private Partnership (PPP), with private sector partners having 74% equity and the [[Airports Authority of India|Airports Authority of India (AAI)]] and Government of Maharashtra (through CIDCO) each holding 13%.


The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has already given techno-feasibility clearance to the airport. The central government provided cabinet approval for the construction on 31 May 2007. The airport's construction was started in August 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-24 |title=Construction of Navi Mumbai Airport expected to begin from August: Adani |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/construction-of-navi-mumbai-airport-expected-to-begin-from-august-adani-101627068550814.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> and is expected to be fully operational by December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=Navi Mumbai International Airport project finally takes off as all hurdles cleared |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/navi-mumbai-international-airport-project-finally-takes-off-as-all-hurdles-cleared-101650978713962.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
The Navi Mumbai International Airport is located in southern Panvel near [[Ulwe]].
The {{INRConvert|16700|c}} project was executed by Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL), a special-purpose vehicle formed by the [[Adani Group|Adani Airports Holdings Limited]] and CIDCO.<ref name="about us">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.nmiairport.co.in/About-Us |website=Navi Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. |publisher=Adani Group |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> It is being built in three phases. The first phase, now complete, features Terminal 1, designed to handle 20 million passengers annually.<ref>{{cite web |title= PM Modi to inaugurate Phase 1 of Navi Mumbai airport on Oct 8: Details |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/prime-minister-narendra-modi-navi-mumbai-international-airport-inauguration-125100700639_1.html | date=7 October 2025}}</ref> The [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] for the project was laid by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] on 18 February 2018, and construction was started in August 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Rs 16,700 cr Navi Mumbai International Airport project|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation/narendra-modi-live-pm-lays-foundation-stone-of-rs-16700-cr-navi-mumbai-international-airport-project/https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation/narendra-modi-live-pm-lays-foundation-stone-of-rs-16700-cr-navi-mumbai-international-airport-project/1070430//|work=The Financial Express|date=18 February 2018|access-date=11 May 2024|language=en|archive-date=22 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922035626/https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation/narendra-modi-live-pm-lays-foundation-stone-of-rs-16700-cr-navi-mumbai-international-airport-project/1070430/|url-status=live}}</ref> Phase 1 was inaugurated on 8 October 2025 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and flights commenced on 25 December 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 October 2025 |title=Navi Mumbai airport to see international flights from day 1 of ops |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/books/reviews/business-economy/navi-mumbai-airport-to-see-international-flights-from-day-1-of-ops/article70132035.ece |access-date=6 October 2025 |work=The Hindu Businessline |language=en}}</ref> NMIA is set to become the first airport in the country with multimodal connectivity through metro, rail and road. The airport will be connected to three roads: NH 4B (348), the [[Sion Panvel Highway]] and through [[Mumbai Trans Harbour Link|MTHL]]. The railway connection will be through [[Targhar railway station]], and metro connectivity will be via [[Mumbai Metro]] [[Gold Line (Mumbai Metro)|Line 8 (Gold Line)]] and the [[Navi Mumbai Metro]] [[Line 1 (Navi Mumbai Metro)|Line 1]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Navi Mumbai Airport to be India's first with multimodal connectivity: Scindia |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/navi-mumbai-airport-to-be-india-s-first-with-multimodal-connectivity-scindia-101705174042700.html |work=The Hindustan Times |date=14 January 2024 |access-date=11 May 2024 |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512144246/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/navi-mumbai-airport-to-be-india-s-first-with-multimodal-connectivity-scindia-101705174042700.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Another major airport serving Navi Mumbai is the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]] in Mumbai, which is the main Airport with International connections around the world.


===Metro Rail===
===Metro===
{{Main|Navi Mumbai Metro}}
{{Main|Navi Mumbai Metro}}
The Navi Mumbai Metro is an under construction rapid transit system in Navi Mumbai. A network of as many as six lines have been planned of which four lines will be constructed by CIDCO in the Navi Mumbai south region, the second and third line of the metro system will be constructed by NMMC and [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority|MMRDA]] respectively. The [[Line 1 (Navi Mumbai Metro)|first line]] of the metro system is being constructed by CIDCO. This line includes three phases. In the first phase, the line will join the [[CBD Belapur railway station|CBD Belapur]] station on the Mumbai suburban railway and Pendhar village. In the second phase, the line will join Taloja [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation|MIDC]] and [[Khandeshwar]] node (which will be extended to the[Navi Mumbai International Airport in [[Ulwe]] node of the city), and in the third phase, the line will link the Pendhar and Taloja MIDC metro stations. The first phase of the line 1 is slated to become operational by 2020 and [[CIDCO]] has claimed to make the network of its four lines fully operational by 2022–2023 along with operationalisation of the city's International Airport in Ulwe node. The cost of the metro project has risen from 4,163 crore for 21.45&nbsp;km in 2011 to 8,904 crore for 26.26&nbsp;km in 2018.


==Infrastructure==
The [[Navi Mumbai Metro]] is a new [[rapid transit]] system serving the city. A network of as many as five lines has been planned, of which four lines will be constructed by CIDCO in the Navi Mumbai south region, while the second and third lines of the metro system will be constructed by NMMC and [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority|MMRDA]], respectively.<ref name="CIDCO">{{cite web|url=http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NMM_Introduction.aspx|title=Introduction|publisher=CIDCO|year=2012|access-date=18 November 2023|archive-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234611/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NMM_Introduction.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Line 1 (Navi Mumbai Metro)|first line]] of the metro system was completed by CIDCO and was opened to the public on 17 November 2023, after several delays spanning for around a decade due to various construction and land acquisition issues. This line includes three phases. In the first phase, the line joins the [[CBD Belapur railway station|CBD Belapur]] station on the [[Mumbai suburban railway]] and Pendhar village.<ref>{{cite news|last=Assainar|first=Raina|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/residents-miffed-as-navi-mumbai-metro-awaits-inauguration-101698235551145.html|title=Residents miffed as Navi Mumbai Metro awaits inauguration|work=Hindustan Times|date=25 October 2023|access-date=18 November 2023|language=en|archive-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111050126/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/residents-miffed-as-navi-mumbai-metro-awaits-inauguration-101698235551145.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ganapatye|first=Mayuresh|title=Navi Mumbai Metro Starts Today After 12-Year Wait, First Service at 3pm from Pendhar-Belapur Terminal|url=https://www.news18.com/india/navi-mumbai-metro-starts-today-belapur-to-pendhar-after-12-year-wait-service-begins-8665637.html|work=News18|date=17 November 2023|access-date=18 November 2023|language=en|archive-date=20 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120044929/https://www.news18.com/india/navi-mumbai-metro-starts-today-belapur-to-pendhar-after-12-year-wait-service-begins-8665637.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the second phase, the line will join Taloja [[Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation|MIDC]] and [[Khandeshwar]] node (which will be extended to the newly inaugurated [[Navi Mumbai International Airport]] in [[Ulwe]] node of the city), and in the third phase, the line will link the Pendhar and Taloja MIDC metro stations. The cost of the metro project has risen from 4,163 crore for 21.45&nbsp;km in 2011 to 8,904 crore for 26.26&nbsp;km in 2018.<ref name="CIDCO"/>
The city boasts a reliable supply of electricity from various sources, and excellent motoring conditions, with numerous flyovers, broad roads, and parking lots. A [[hovercraft]] service from [[Vashi]] to [[Colaba]] and the CBD to Colaba did not succeed due to the high cost of tickets and maintenance. CIDCO is planning to relaunch its [[Water transport in Mumbai|hovercraft service]] from [[Vashi]], [[CBD Belapur|Belapur]], [[Nerul]] and [[Airoli]] to [[Gateway of India]].


==Services==
==Commerce==
There are adequate utility services, banks, restaurants, malls, multiplexes and other shops in Navi Mumbai. The City boasts several shopping malls such as Little World Mall, Glomax Mall, Prime mall and Pacific Mall in the most developed node of Navi Mumbai, Kharghar; K-Mall and the Orion Mall in Panvel node of the city; Center One, Palm Beach Galleria, Citi Center, [[Raghuleela Mall Vashi|Raghuleela Mall]] and [[Inorbit Mall]] in Vashi, along with the Seawoods Nexus Mall in [[Seawoods–Darave railway station|Seawoods]]. Throughout Navi Mumbai, supermarkets and hypermarkets like [[Big Bazaar]], [[Reliance Retail|Reliance Smart]], Reliance Smart points, Apna Bazaar, More, Spencer's, [[Reliance Fresh]], Spinach, Daily Bazar and Fairprice cater to the shopping needs of the residents. [[DMart]] has launched eight hypermarkets in Navi Mumbai.
The Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located in the nodes of Dronagiri, Ulwe and Kalamboli, are planned to provide commercial growth and employment to the city. Positioned en route to the proposed Navi Mumbai Airport, this megaproject has attracted investments of close to 60,000&nbsp;crores.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-01 |title=Navi Mumbai SEZ to start operations in 2019 |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/mNIrujnpLFQanAnuHN0xXN/Navi-Mumbai-SEZ-to-start-operations-in-2019.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.livemint.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=State allows foreign educational institutions to set up campuses in Navi Mumbai SEZ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/state-allows-foreign-educational-institutions-to-set-up-campuses-in-navi-mumbai-sez-101675194046372.html |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.hindustantimes.com/}}</ref> Navi Mumbai is a new hub for newly incorporated companies & start ups to establish their base in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newcompaniesindia.in/new-companies-navi-mumbai?Cid=goay |title=New&#124; upcoming Companies in Navi Mumbai List |access-date=1 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605072623/http://newcompaniesindia.in/new-companies-navi-mumbai?Cid=goay |archive-date=5 June 2014  }}</ref>


Leading banks such as [[Bank of India]], [[Punjab National Bank]], [[South Indian Bank]], [[State Bank of India]], [[Union Bank of India|Union Bank]], [[Saraswat Bank]], [[Bank of Baroda]], [[AXIS Bank]], [[Canara Bank]], [[Oriental Bank of Commerce]], [[Central Bank of India]], [[Bank of Maharashtra]], [[State Bank of Hyderabad]], [[Citibank India]], [[ICICI Bank]], [[Jammu & Kashmir Bank]], [[Citibank India|Citi Bank]], [[HSBC Bank India|HSBC Bank]] and [[HDFC Bank]] have their branches and ATMs around Navi Mumbai. The [[Reserve Bank of India]] has served the people of Navi Mumbai since 2001.
==Sport==
 
Navi Mumbai has some three-star and five-star hotels; namely Royal Tulip (five-star hotel in Kharghar), The Hotel Three Star (In Kharghar), The Park (Belapur CBD), Fortune Select Exotica-Member ITC Hotel Group (Vashi), The Regenza by Tunga (Vashi), [[Four Points by Sheraton]] (Vashi) & Hotel Yogi Executive (Vashi) to name a few.
 
==Commerce==
[[File:Vashi railway station aerial view, 2016.JPG|alt=|thumb|Vashi station complex]]
[[File:DR. D Y PATIL STADIUM, NERUL, NAVIMUMBAI - panoramio.jpg|alt=|thumb|Cricket Stadium in Nerul]]
[[File:DR. D Y PATIL STADIUM, NERUL, NAVIMUMBAI - panoramio.jpg|alt=|thumb|Cricket Stadium in Nerul]]
[[File:DMC Airoli.jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|DMC Airoli College]]
The Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) located in the nodes of Dronagiri and Kalamboli are planned to provide commercial growth and employment to the city. Positioned en route the proposed Navi Mumbai Airport, this megaproject has attracted investments of close to 40,000&nbsp;crores.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} Navi Mumbai is a new hub for newly incorporated companies & start ups to establish their base in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newcompaniesindia.in/new-companies-navi-mumbai?Cid=goay |title=New&#124; upcoming Companies in Navi Mumbai List |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605072623/http://newcompaniesindia.in/new-companies-navi-mumbai?Cid=goay |archive-date=5 June 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As per the list of newly incorporated companies in Navi Mumbai around 500 new & startups companies were registered in and around the region every month.
==Sports==
[[File:D Y Patil Sports Stadium.jpg|thumb|The DY Patil International Stadium in [[Nerul]]]]
[[File:D Y Patil Sports Stadium.jpg|thumb|The DY Patil International Stadium in [[Nerul]]]]
[[Cricket]] is the most popular sport in the city. Navi Mumbai has its own International Cricket Stadium in Shiravne ([[Nerul]]) called the [[DY Patil Stadium]] which hosts [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] T-20 matches, including hosting the [[2008 Indian Premier League|2008]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Somini |date=2008-05-07 |title=Bright Lights and Big Money in India's New Cricket League |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/sports/othersports/07cricket.html |access-date=2023-03-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[2010 Indian Premier League|2010]] IPL finals. It was one of the two venues for the inaugural edition of the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] (WPL) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Giants to kick off WPL 2023 in Navi Mumbai on March 4 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mumbai-indians-gujarat-giants-to-kick-off-wpl-2023-in-navi-mumbai-on-march-4-1358901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403200536/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mumbai-indians-gujarat-giants-to-kick-off-wpl-2023-in-navi-mumbai-on-march-4-1358901 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> It is also the home ground for the [[Indian Super League]] [[association football|football]] club [[Mumbai City FC]]. The [[Fr. Agnel Stadium]] in [[Vashi]] is the training ground of the team.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
[[Cricket]] is the most popular sport in the city. Navi Mumbai has its own International Cricket Stadium in Shiravne ([[Nerul]]) called the [[DY Patil Stadium]] which hosts [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] T-20 matches, including hosting the [[2008 Indian Premier League|2008]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Somini |date=7 May 2008 |title=Bright Lights and Big Money in India's New Cricket League |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/sports/othersports/07cricket.html |access-date=28 March 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328142017/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/sports/othersports/07cricket.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[2010 Indian Premier League|2010]] IPL finals. It was one of the two venues for the inaugural edition of the [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] (WPL) in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Giants to kick off WPL 2023 in Navi Mumbai on March 4 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mumbai-indians-gujarat-giants-to-kick-off-wpl-2023-in-navi-mumbai-on-march-4-1358901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403200536/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mumbai-indians-gujarat-giants-to-kick-off-wpl-2023-in-navi-mumbai-on-march-4-1358901 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> It is also the home ground for the [[Indian Super League]] [[association football|football]] club [[Mumbai City FC]]. The [[Fr. Agnel Stadium]] in [[Vashi]] is the training ground of the team.<ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-24 |title=City school football team bags hat-trick at annual tournament, wins in all categories |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/city-school-football-team-wins-hat-trick-at-annual-tournament/articleshow/106242790.cms |access-date=2024-09-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>


Navi Mumbai was one of the host cities of the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017 FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup]] and the [[2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup|2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup]] with the DY Patil Stadium hosting the final of the event in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2017 |title=Navi Mumbai transforms from educational hub to football bastion for FIFA U-17 World Cup |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/navi-mum-transforms-from-educational-hub-to-football-bastion-for-fifa-under-17-world-cup/amp_articleshow/60771123.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202335/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/navi-mum-transforms-from-educational-hub-to-football-bastion-for-fifa-under-17-world-cup/articleshow/60771123.cms |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2022 |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022: Navi Mumbai to host final, India to play group stage in Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/4686496/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-2022-navi-mumbai-host-final-india-group-stage-bhubaneswar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202759/https://www.espn.in/football/story/4686496/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-2022-navi-mumbai-host-final-india-group-stage-bhubaneswar |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=ESPN}}</ref>
Navi Mumbai was one of the host cities of the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017 FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup]] and the [[2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] with the DY Patil Stadium hosting the final of the event in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2017 |title=Navi Mumbai transforms from educational hub to football bastion for FIFA U-17 World Cup |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/navi-mum-transforms-from-educational-hub-to-football-bastion-for-fifa-under-17-world-cup/articleshow/60771123.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202335/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/navi-mum-transforms-from-educational-hub-to-football-bastion-for-fifa-under-17-world-cup/articleshow/60771123.cms |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2022 |title=FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022: Navi Mumbai to host final, India to play group stage in Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.espn.in/football/story/4686496/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-2022-navi-mumbai-host-final-india-group-stage-bhubaneswar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202759/https://www.espn.in/football/story/4686496/fifa-u-17-womens-world-cup-2022-navi-mumbai-host-final-india-group-stage-bhubaneswar |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=ESPN}}</ref>


Navi Mumbai Sports Association<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gajaria |first=Vishal |title=India to host another ITF event |work=Tennis World USA |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/15034/india-to-host-another-itf-event/}}</ref> is the oldest sports complex in Navi Mumbai, NMSA has contributed significantly to the sports world by creating international level athletes from Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai has an Olympic-size swimming pool at [[Nerul]]. CIDCO has proposed two 18-hole golf course academies at [[Nerul]] and [[Kharghar]]. There are plans to have sports facilities in the proposed 80&nbsp;hectare Central Park being developed in Kharghar. The CIDCO has also constructed an 11-hole golf course in [[Kharghar]] near Central Park.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
Navi Mumbai Sports Association<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gajaria |first=Vishal |title=India to host another ITF event |work=Tennis World USA |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/15034/india-to-host-another-itf-event/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415082123/https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Stories/15034/india-to-host-another-itf-event/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is the oldest sports complex in Navi Mumbai; NMSA has contributed significantly to the sports world by creating international level athletes from Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai has an Olympic-size swimming pool at [[Nerul]]. CIDCO has proposed two 18-hole golf course academies at [[Nerul]] and [[Kharghar]]. There are plans to have sports facilities in the proposed 80&nbsp;hectare Central Park being developed in Kharghar. The CIDCO has also constructed an 11-hole golf course in [[Kharghar]] near Central Park.<ref name="The Times of India"/>


==Education==
==Education==
{{main|Schools and Colleges in Navi Mumbai}}
{{main|Schools and Colleges in Navi Mumbai}}


Provision of schools and colleges was priority in the planning of Navi Mumbai. The nodes (townships) were designed to provide one primary school per 5,000 populations, one high school for 12,500 populations and one college for 50,000 population.
Provision of schools and colleges was a priority in the planning of Navi Mumbai. The nodes (townships) were designed to provide one primary school per 5,000 people, one high school for 12,500 people and one college for 50,000 people.


Each of the nodes is self-sufficient in terms of providing quality education. Students are given access to various syllabi, including the State Education Board, CBSE, IGCSE, IB and ICSE patterns. Other than this, CIDCO encouraged private institutions as well.
Each of the nodes is self-sufficient in terms of providing quality education. Students are given access to various syllabi, including the State Education Board, CBSE, IGCSE, IB and CISCE patterns. Other than these, CIDCO encouraged private institutions as well.


About 22.5% of the total population is considered to be school-going children. Most students attend school and college within their node (township). 76% of the students walk to their school or college, 12% use public transport, 10% use bicycles and only 2% travel by school bus.
About 22.5% of the total population is considered to be school-going children. Most students attend school and college within their node (township). 76% of the students walk to their school or college, 12% use public transport, 10% use bicycles and only 2% travel by school bus.


A number of premier schools and colleges have been set up in Navi Mumbai. And not just local students, but students from Mumbai and even outside come to Navi Mumbai in their quest for quality education. As such, Navi Mumbai is quickly acquiring the title of educational hub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Educational_Infrastructure.aspx|title=CIDCO :: Educational Infrastructure|website=Cidco.maharashtra.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171259/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Educational_Infrastructure.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
A number of premier schools and colleges have been set up in Navi Mumbai. Even beyond local students, students from Mumbai and even outside come to Navi Mumbai in their quest for quality education. As such, Navi Mumbai is quickly acquiring the title of educational hub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Educational_Infrastructure.aspx|title=CIDCO :: Educational Infrastructure|website=Cidco.maharashtra.gov.in|access-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171259/http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/NM_Educational_Infrastructure.aspx|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of these premium institutions have been listed below.
 
===Colleges===


===Colleges and universities===
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*[[Amity University, Mumbai|Amity University]]
*[[Amity University, Mumbai|Amity University]]
*[[D Y Patil International University|DY Patil University]]
*[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University]]
*[[Indian Institute of Management Indore|IIM Indore]] (Mumbai Campus)
*[[Mahatma Education Society|Dr.K M Vasudevan Pillai Campus]]
*[[Training Ship Chanakya|Indian Maritime University, Navi Mumbai Campus]]
*[[Indian Maritime University Navi Mumbai]]
*[[ITM Group of Institutions]]
*[[ITM Group of Institutions]]
*[[National Institute of Fashion Technology]]
*[[National Institute of Fashion Technology|NIFT Mumbai]]
*[[National Institute of Fashion Technology|NIFT Mumbai]]
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===Engineering Colleges===
===Engineering colleges===
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*[[Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology|Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi]]
*[[Datta Meghe College of Engineering|Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli]]
*[[Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering|Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Belapur]]
*[[Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering|Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Koparkhairane]]
*[[Pillai College of Engineering (Autonomous)|Pillai College of Engineering, New Panvel]]
*[[Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology|Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Nerul]]
*[[SIES Graduate School of Technology|SIES Graduate School of Technology, Nerul]]
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===Medical colleges===
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*[[Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology]], Vashi
*[[Bharati Vidyapeeth|Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College, Kharghar]]
*[[Datta Meghe College of Engineering]], Airoli
*[[MGM Institute of Health Sciences|MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Kalamboli]]
*[[Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering]], Belapur
*[[Terna Medical College|Terna Medical College, Nerul]]
*[[Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering]], Koparkhairane
*[[Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology]], Nerul
*[[SIES Graduate School of Technology]], Nerul
*[[Terna Engineering College]], Nerul
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===Schools===
===Schools===
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*[[Avalon Heights International School]]
*[[Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College]], [[Vashi]]
*[[Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College]], [[Vashi]]
*[[Avalon Heights International School]]
*[[Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Technology]]
*[[DAV Public School Nerul|D. A. V. Public School, Nerul]]
*[[Dayanand Anglo Vedic Public School, Airoli]]
*[[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School, Nerul]]
*[[Goldcrest High International School]]
*[[New Horizon Scholars School]], [[Airoli]]
*[[Ryan International Group of Institutions|Ryan International Schools]], [[Sanpada]], [[Kharghar]], [[Vashi]], [[Kalamboli]]
*[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School]] (ICSE & ISC)
*Sacred Heart High School, Vashi
*[[VIBGYOR Group of Schools]], [[Airoli]]
*[[VIBGYOR Group of Schools]], [[Kharghar]]
*[[Vishwajyot High School]], [[Kharghar]]
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==See also==
*[[Dnyanvani]]


==References==
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==External links==
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* {{citation |title=Places to Visit in Navi Mumbai |work=Tripoto |url=https://www.tripoto.com/places-to-visit/india/navi-mumbai |access-date=2 November 2014 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317041150/http://www.tripoto.com/places-to-visit/india/navi-mumbai |url-status=dead }}
*[https://www.nmmconline.com Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation] Accessed 11 October 2012.
*[http://www.nmmconline.com Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation] Accessed 11 October 2012.
*[http://www.nmsez.com/index.html Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230100533/http://www.nmsez.com/index.html |date=30 December 2012 }}
*[http://www.nmsez.com/index.html Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230100533/http://www.nmsez.com/index.html |date=30 December 2012 }}
*[http://www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in/Home.aspx CIDCO&nbsp;– City and Industrial Development Corporation] Accessed 29 June 2013.
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Not to be confused with Mumbai (Bombay) or Third Mumbai.
Navi Mumbai
Navī Muṁbaī (Marathi)
Previously: New Bombay
City
Navi Mumbai skyline
Dronagiri skyline
Utsav Chauk
Vashi Railway Station
NMMC headquarter
Uran Nagav beach
Wonders Park
Rajiv Gandhi Park
Skyline across Seawoods Palm Beach Road
Nickname: 
Flamingo City
Mumbai
Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai (India)
Mumbai
Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai (Mumbai)
Coordinates: 19°01′N 73°01′E / 19.02°N 73.02°E / 19.02; 73.02
Country India
State Maharashtra
DivisionKonkan
District
Planned and Developed byCity and Industrial Development Corporation
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • Body
Area
 • Total343.70 km2 (132.70 sq mi)
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 • Total1,618,000
DemonymNavi Mumbaikar
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationMH-43 (Thane district)
MH-46 (Raigad district)
International AirportNavi Mumbai International Airport
TransitRapid Transit: Navi Mumbai Metro
Commuter rail: Mumbai Suburban Railway

Navi Mumbai (mr; also known as New Bombay,[1] its official name until 1995) is a city in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area, located in the Konkan division of the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Navi Mumbai is situated on the Indian mainland, opposite Salsette Island and the city of Mumbai, and is part of Thane district and Raigad district.

The area within the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has been ranked third among 73 cities surveyed for cleanliness and hygiene by the Union Ministry of Urban Development and the Quality Council of India as part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and is being modified through various projects and developments. Navi Mumbai has, for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023), held on to the third rank in the Indian Commonwealth Cleanliness Survey (Swachh Survekshan) — a nationwide sanitation survey of cities — while Mumbai's ranking slipped to 37 in 2023 from 31 in 2022.[2]

Navi Mumbai is home to various educational institutions. Several multinational corporations have their head offices or branches across the city, making it an active business hub. Thane–Belapur Road and Palm Beach Road are major business attractions and upmarket residential areas.

History[edit | edit source]

In the late 1500s, the Siddis of Janjira built the Belapur Killa, located atop a small hill near the mouth of the Panvel Creek. In 1682, the fort was captured by the Portuguese, who had managed to annex the regions controlled by the Siddis.

In 1733, the Marathas, led by Chimaji Appa, wrested control of the fort from the Portuguese. Appa had made a vow that if it were to be successfully recaptured from the Portuguese, he would place a garland of beli leaves in the nearby Amruthaishwar temple, and after the victory, the fort was christened as Belapur Fort. The Marathas ruled the area until 23 June 1817, when it was captured by Captain Charles Gray of the British East India Company. The British partially destroyed the fort under their policy of razing any Maratha stronghold in the area.

Navi Mumbai’s journey began in the early 1970s, when the Maharashtra government recognized the need for an alternative urban area to relieve the growing pressure on Mumbai, which was then struggling with issues like overcrowding, inadequate housing, and strained infrastructure.

Planning and development[edit | edit source]

Low Income housing facilities in Navi Mumbai
Skyline of Nerul, Navi Mumbai
Utsav Chowk at Kharghar

The population of Greater Mumbai doubled from three to nearly six million between 1951 and 1971. The population growth led to a deteriorating quality of life for many in the city.

The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act was passed in 1966, and the Bombay Metropolitan Region was created in June 1967 and finalized in 1970. The plan called for development, of a twin city across the harbour, on the mainland to the east.

Before Navi Mumbai was made Railway was linked to Panvel railway station with Diva in 1964, in 1966 it was extended to Apta via Rasayani, then in the 1980s to Roha and in phases was linked to the Konkan Railway by 1998, in 1990s Harbour line of Suburban Railway reached Navi Mumbai connecting Vashi, Nerul.

The Board recommended that the new metro-centre or Navi Mumbai as it is now called, be developed to accommodate a population of 2.1 million.[3]

The planning of Navi Mumbai began in 1971 and involved leading architects and urban planners including Adi Kanga, Charles Correa, Shirish Patel, Pravina Mehta[4] and R. K. Jha.[5] The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) was created as part of these efforts.

The area covered 150 kilometres (93 mi) of the Konkan coast. Privately owned land consisting of 86 villages covering within the present limits of Navi Mumbai were acquired by the government of Maharashtra.[6] Navi Mumbai covers the southern part of Thane taluka (from Thane District) and part of Panvel and Uran talukas (from Raigad District).

CIDCO carved out 19 small nodes with a view towards facilitating comprehensive development. These nodes were named Airoli, Ghansoli, Kopar Khairane, Vashi, Turbhe, Sanpada, Juinagar, Nerul, Seawoods, CBD Belapur, Kharghar, Kamothe, New Panvel, Kalamboli, Ulwe, Dronagiri and Taloja. Sanpada is the smallest node of Navi Mumbai at 8.6 km2.[7]

CIDCO planned and constructed railway stations, roads, and public spaces in Navi Mumbai and developed nearby areas commercially. In 1973, the Vashi bridge was opened to the public for residents of Vashi, CBD Belapur and Nerul. The Sion-Panvel Highway was built to reduce the time taken to travel from Sion to Panvel. Major changes took place only after 1990, with the commissioning of a wholesale agricultural produce market at Turbhe and the construction of a commuter railway line from Mankhurd to Vashi in May 1992. These developments caused a sudden growth in economic activities and population in Navi Mumbai.[8]

The city originally planned to create affordable housing for people who could not afford living in Mumbai, with planners intent on preventing the growth of slums in the city. However, according to the 2001 census, a fifth[9][10] to a third[11] of the population of municipalized Navi Mumbai live in slums [12] and gaothans (urban villages),[6] with thousands of buildings violating planning norms.[13]

By the end of the 1990s, the planning authority of Navi Mumbai sought to attract private developers to the city. A new rail link between Nerul and Uran was opened on 11 November 2018.[14]

Southern Navi Mumbai is developing rapidly in the modern nodes of Kharghar, Kamothe, Panvel, and Kalamboli. These nodes are experiencing major infrastructural developments due to their proximity to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (Phase 1) started operations on 25th December 2025.[15][16]

Navi Mumbai has, been ranked 5th best “National Clean Air City” in India.[17]

Flora and fauna[edit | edit source]

A significant percentage of flamingos that settle in the Greater Mumbai Region are found in Navi Mumbai.[18][19][20] Navi Mumbai also contains a stretch of mangroves.

Administration[edit | edit source]

CIDCO[edit | edit source]

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) was responsible for maintenance, tax collection, and development of the city since its inception in the 1970s.

CIDCO planned 14 areas for the city.[21] The seven areas in the North were Airoli node, Ghansoli node, Kopar Khairane node, Vashi node, Sanpada node, Nerul node and Belapur node. The seven areas in the South were Kharghar node, Kamothe node, Kalamboli node, Pushpak Nagar node, Panvel node, Ulwe node and Dronagiri node. Two additional municipal bodies were created, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) in the North and Panvel Municipal Corporation in the South. Each area is divided into smaller groups called sectors.

CIDCO initially developed areas like Juhu Nagar (Vashi), Nerul, and CBD Belapur with homes, schools, and roads. Later, due to a growing population with the railway extension in the 1990s, CIDCO shifted focus to Kharghar, Kamothe, New Panvel and Kopar Khairane. Private builders played a large role in developing these areas. CIDCO, as of 2015, runs newer areas in South Navi Mumbai.[22][23]

Skyline across Palm Beach Road

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation[edit | edit source]

On 17 December 1991, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) was constituted by the state government for maintaining some of the developed nodes of Navi Mumbai.

Local self-government started on 1 January 1992. NMMC was handed seven of the 14 nodes of the Navi Mumbai project area for its jurisdiction. However, CIDCO, as a planning authority, has rights on the open plots in these seven nodes.

The NMMC jurisdiction starts at Digha Gaon in the North and ends at Belapur in the South.[24] The NMMC area is planned into seven nodes (zones) - Belapur, Nerul, Sanpada, Vashi, Kopar Khairane, Ghansoli and Airoli.

NMMC Main Building, CBD Belapur

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is rated amongst the richest corporations in Maharashtra.[citation needed]

The Municipal Corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner and an elected Mayor.



Municipal finance[edit | edit source]

According to financial data published on the CityFinance Portal of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,[25] the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation reported total revenue receipts of ₹2,497 crore (US$300 million) and total expenditure of ₹1,991 crore (US$240 million) in 2022–23. Tax revenue accounted for about 76.0% of the total revenue, while the corporation received ₹3 crore in grants during the financial year.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Religion in Navi Mumbai City (2011)[26]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 80.39%
Islam
 
 8.68%
Buddhism
 
 6.23%
Christianity
 
 2.35%
Sikhism
 
 1.01%
Jainism
 
 0.99%
Other or not stated
 
 0.36%

According to Census India, the population of Navi Mumbai in 2011 is 1,120,547, out of which males and females are 610,060 and 510,487 respectively. Meanwhile, its metropolitan population is 18,414,288, of which 9,894,088 are males and 8,520,200 are females. At least 60% of the population speaks the Marathi language.

Language in Navi Mumbai M. Corp (2011)[27]

  Marathi (61.66%)
  Hindi (23.21%)
  Gujarati (3.81%)
  Malayalam (2.58%)
  Urdu (2.46%)
  Bhojpuri (2.21%)
  Kannada (2.21%)
  Tamil (2.04%)
  Bengali (2.02%)
  Punjabi (1.67%)
  Telugu (1.64%)
  Marwari (1.24%)
  Other (-6.75%)

Transport and infrastructure[edit | edit source]

DEMU train at Panvel, Navi Mumbai
Belapur Railway Station
Vashi station complex

Navi Mumbai has a robust infrastructure, is well connected to other parts of the state and country and is less polluted compared to Mumbai. The city has a good public transportation system with NMMT, the transport wing of NMMC, serving bus commuters, the Mumbai suburban railway serving train commuters and a large fleet of auto rickshaws for intra-nodal commute. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway starts at Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai. The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also known as the Sewri-Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link, is a 22-kilometre (14 mi) long freeway grade road bridge connecting South Mumbai with Navi Mumbai.[28] It opened on 12 January 2024, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the bridge.[29][30]

The Mumbai suburban railway network covers most of the populated regions of the city. The most important suburban stations are Vashi, Nerul, Belapur and Panvel. The stations are planned as major railway junctions. Panvel is the only mainline station as well as the busiest railway station in Navi Mumbai. All outstation trains halt here for time periods varying from five to 20 minutes. It is an important junction; railway lines come and meet here and it is connected to almost all parts of India. A new broad gauge line is functional between Karjat & Panvel.

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses run from various area of Mumbai to Navi Mumbai & Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) buses run all over Navi Mumbai and various area in Mumbai, Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan-Dombivli-Badlapur, Panvel-Khopoli-Taloja, Uran-Ulwe etc. The Palm Beach Marg, a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long six lane road connects Vashi to CBD Belapur running parallel to the Thane Creek.

Auto rickshaws provide inter- and intra-nodal public transport across the city. Taxis operating from designated taxi stands provide the means to travel to further destinations. Taxis charge a fixed rate approved by the R. T. O., details of which can be found on popular local transit apps of the city.[31]

Navi Mumbai has the second-largest container terminal in India after Mundra Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva near Uran.[32] It is well connected by road and rail and handles approximately 56.13% of India's container traffic.[33][34] The city will be served by the newly inaugurated Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Airports[edit | edit source]

Main article: Navi Mumbai International Airport

The Navi Mumbai International Airport is located in southern Panvel near Ulwe. The ₹16,700 crore (US$2.3 billion) project was executed by Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL), a special-purpose vehicle formed by the Adani Airports Holdings Limited and CIDCO.[35] It is being built in three phases. The first phase, now complete, features Terminal 1, designed to handle 20 million passengers annually.[36] The foundation stone for the project was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 February 2018, and construction was started in August 2021.[37] Phase 1 was inaugurated on 8 October 2025 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and flights commenced on 25 December 2025.[38] NMIA is set to become the first airport in the country with multimodal connectivity through metro, rail and road. The airport will be connected to three roads: NH 4B (348), the Sion Panvel Highway and through MTHL. The railway connection will be through Targhar railway station, and metro connectivity will be via Mumbai Metro Line 8 (Gold Line) and the Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1.[39] Another major airport serving Navi Mumbai is the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, which is the main Airport with International connections around the world.

Metro[edit | edit source]

Main article: Navi Mumbai Metro

The Navi Mumbai Metro is a new rapid transit system serving the city. A network of as many as five lines has been planned, of which four lines will be constructed by CIDCO in the Navi Mumbai south region, while the second and third lines of the metro system will be constructed by NMMC and MMRDA, respectively.[40] The first line of the metro system was completed by CIDCO and was opened to the public on 17 November 2023, after several delays spanning for around a decade due to various construction and land acquisition issues. This line includes three phases. In the first phase, the line joins the CBD Belapur station on the Mumbai suburban railway and Pendhar village.[41][42] In the second phase, the line will join Taloja MIDC and Khandeshwar node (which will be extended to the newly inaugurated Navi Mumbai International Airport in Ulwe node of the city), and in the third phase, the line will link the Pendhar and Taloja MIDC metro stations. The cost of the metro project has risen from 4,163 crore for 21.45 km in 2011 to 8,904 crore for 26.26 km in 2018.[40]

Commerce[edit | edit source]

The Navi Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located in the nodes of Dronagiri, Ulwe and Kalamboli, are planned to provide commercial growth and employment to the city. Positioned en route to the proposed Navi Mumbai Airport, this megaproject has attracted investments of close to 60,000 crores.[43][44] Navi Mumbai is a new hub for newly incorporated companies & start ups to establish their base in Mumbai.[45]

Sport[edit | edit source]

Cricket Stadium in Nerul
The DY Patil International Stadium in Nerul

Cricket is the most popular sport in the city. Navi Mumbai has its own International Cricket Stadium in Shiravne (Nerul) called the DY Patil Stadium which hosts IPL T-20 matches, including hosting the 2008[46] and 2010 IPL finals. It was one of the two venues for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) in 2023.[47] It is also the home ground for the Indian Super League football club Mumbai City FC. The Fr. Agnel Stadium in Vashi is the training ground of the team.[48]

Navi Mumbai was one of the host cities of the 2017 FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with the DY Patil Stadium hosting the final of the event in 2022.[49][50]

Navi Mumbai Sports Association[51] is the oldest sports complex in Navi Mumbai; NMSA has contributed significantly to the sports world by creating international level athletes from Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai has an Olympic-size swimming pool at Nerul. CIDCO has proposed two 18-hole golf course academies at Nerul and Kharghar. There are plans to have sports facilities in the proposed 80 hectare Central Park being developed in Kharghar. The CIDCO has also constructed an 11-hole golf course in Kharghar near Central Park.[48]

Education[edit | edit source]

Main article: Schools and Colleges in Navi Mumbai

Provision of schools and colleges was a priority in the planning of Navi Mumbai. The nodes (townships) were designed to provide one primary school per 5,000 people, one high school for 12,500 people and one college for 50,000 people.

Each of the nodes is self-sufficient in terms of providing quality education. Students are given access to various syllabi, including the State Education Board, CBSE, IGCSE, IB and CISCE patterns. Other than these, CIDCO encouraged private institutions as well.

About 22.5% of the total population is considered to be school-going children. Most students attend school and college within their node (township). 76% of the students walk to their school or college, 12% use public transport, 10% use bicycles and only 2% travel by school bus.

A number of premier schools and colleges have been set up in Navi Mumbai. Even beyond local students, students from Mumbai and even outside come to Navi Mumbai in their quest for quality education. As such, Navi Mumbai is quickly acquiring the title of educational hub.[52] Some of these premium institutions have been listed below.

Colleges and universities[edit | edit source]

Engineering colleges[edit | edit source]

Medical colleges[edit | edit source]

Schools[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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