Name : Aditya a. pungavkarIIT kharagpurYear 2010.

REVISED MASTER PLAN

FOR

VASHI NODE

1.0 Introduction

Navi Mumbai development began in post 1970 across the Thane creek. Mumbai city has serious limitationsof availability of space. It is essentially an island city with very little additional area availability for growth.This started to create tremendous pressure on Social infrastructure and utilities. This also resulted incongestion and loss of quality of life for the city occupants. Therefore, a new planned city was expected to goa long way towards bringing about sustained economic development of Mumbai city that would help sustainthe economic growth. This new city was expected to attract people from the Greater Mumbai andsurrounding areas to a city with better quality of life. In addition, new types of industries and business couldbe set up in this new city. Navi Mumbai had to be a city of 21st Century establishing new standards ofplanned development.

Objective of Navi-Mumbai project was to

•Reduce the growth rateof population in Greater Mumbai

•To absorb immigrantswho would otherwise flood Mumbai and additionally was to attractsome of the present Mumbai population.

•EnvisagedNavi-Mumbai as a center for tertiary sector(services) or white-collar employment.

Navi Mumbai (formally New Bombay) It is 4/5th the size of Greater Bombayand has anindustrial area of ¾th that of Greater Bombay Industrial area.

•The city is planned for a population of 2.0 millions. •At present the population of Navi Mumbai has reached 1.6 millions. •As such the city can hold a maximum population of 4.0 millions. •It is worlds’ largest systematically planned modern city with beautiful landscapes.

•A series of fourteen self-contained nodal settlements along the mass transport corridors with residential, business and commercial areas.

•Each node is self sufficient in educational, health, social, religi0ous, cultural, sports and recreational facilities

•On 17th March, 1971 with CIDCO havingstarted functioning, a new city dawned on the344 Sqkm horizon.

•The area where 95 villages existed wascarved out 14 nodes. These nodes are asfollows• Airoli• Ghansoli• Koparkhairan• Vashi• Sanpada• Nerul• CBD Belapur• Kharghar• Kalamboli• Jui Kamothe• New Panvel• Dronagiri.• Ulwe• Pushpak

Map of mumbai

2.0 Vashi

•It is one of the best developed nodes ofnavi Mumbai due to its location and offersall that is excepted frombusiness andcommercial capital of the future.

•It is one of the Two nodes that directlyconnect the Mumbai across the Thane-Creek (Via Mankhurd-Vashi Bridge).

•Vashi node is planned on854.31 Haofland.

•Vashi ensures an even distribution ofresidential areas, job centers, social andhealth facilities. It houses most moderninternational InfoTech park, wholesaleagriculture produce market and state-of-the-art vishnudas bhave auditorium.

•It is locatedalong the thane creek bridgeon northern side of sion-panvelexpressway. It has apopulation of 2.25lacs. Google image for vashi node

3.0 Objectives behind planning

•Each node was to be self-contained with its own facilities of school, shopping areas and other essential services.

•The nodes would be strung out on mass transport axes such that node residents would have a stop within walking distance.

•The adjacent nodal distance was to be about 1 kilometer or the optimal distance for a mass transit stop.

Google image for vashi node with important landmarks.

Master plan for vashi node.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN VASHI.4.1 Agricultural Produce Marketing Corporation(A.P.M.C) at Vashi

•The centralized wholesale market APMC was establishedand commissioned in Vashi in1993 to cater the needs ofMumbai and Navi Mumbai.•Grains, rice, wheat, fruits, oil, vegetables etc.are availablein APMC. This is the biggest and cheapest agriculturalproduce market of the twin cities.•The shops are arranged categorically. There arefourmarkets in the A.P.M.C, located in sector 19.

Phase-I, Market-I: Onion and Potato Market.Phase-I, Market-II: Fruit and vegetable marketPhase-II, Market-I: Commodity marketPhase-II, Market-II : Grains, rice and oilseed market.

Area: 160 Ha.Commissioned: In 1993Trucks handled: 4000/day

4.2 Truck and Rail Link Terminal•As huge number of commercial vehicles is needed tobring in and move out the produce, their orderly parking etcis very essential.

•A truck terminal of 8.5 Hahas been provided for thispurpose in APMC area. In addition, for the commoditiesand produce that are moved by the rail, aRailway goodsyard of 18 Hahas also been made.

•Daily 500 trucks parked in terminal, trucks usually carrygoods from highway arrives in to terminal. It is locatedalong the main palm beach road adjacent to sector 19.

4.3 International InfoTech park (I. I. P.) Vashi, NaviMumbai•The International Infotech Park is the most wonderful andfamous landmark of Navi Mumbai. Its situated in sector30A of vashi and built with FSI of 3.00.

•The Infotech Park was inaugurated on 14th June, 1998.

•The International Infotech Park [IIP] has proved to be astar attraction for international as well as nationalcompanies.

4.4 Malls and Shopping Centres•Vashi, Nerul, Kopar Khairane, and Airoli, have been acknowledged as ‘main shopping centers of NaviMumbai’ with a number of outlets of furniture, jewellery, textiles, footwear, cosmetics, consumer durables,luggage and automobile showrooms.

•Sects 9 and 10 along the main road are also major commercial and retail areas. Number of prominentshowrooms are Force Motors, Tata Motors and MRF Tyres in Sect– 1, VIP Luggage and Cambridge shop inSect 11.•Major super markets in this node are APMC Market, Food Bazaarin Sect- 30A, Mangal Deep ShoppingCentre in Sect-17, Mega Mart in Sect28 and Richie Rich Departmental Stores in Sect-17.

•The prominent brand shops include those of Adidas, Reebok, Woodlands, Bata, Raymonds, Cambridge,Sanskriti, Allen Solly, Green City, Princess, Palak, Mangaldeep, Benzer, Dulhan. etc. in Sect 17 of Vashi.

•It also has Big Splash Centre housing Fashion shops. Jewellery shops include Orra Diamonds and Titan.Sect 19 of Vashi is also a host to Furniture show rooms such as Wonder woods, Touchwoods, Style SpaFurniture, Living Room and Colorz Furniture.

4.5 RestaurantsChenab in Sect-8, Golden Punjab in Sect-17, Hotel AbbottInternational in Sect-2 , Hotel Bhagat Tarachand in Sect-18,Hotel Navratna in Sect-17 Kobe Sizzlers in Sect-8, HotelDays Inn Sect-19A, Red Chilli Peper Restaurant in Sect-28, Hotel centre point, Devi’s Residency, Shikara, Appetite,Aangan Restaurant, Nanumal Bhojraj Restaurant, BakersTreat Restaurant, Hotel Trimurti, Kake Da Dhaba, CactusRestaurant in Sect-17, Chaat Café Plaza in Sect-8, MostlyLiquid, Bombay Blue Restaurant, Garam MasalaRestaurant, Viscious Circle, etc are some of the popularrestaurants and hotels.Fast food: Food Court at Sect. 30, Khaasiyat fast food inSect-28, Mc Donald’s in Sect-17, Café Coffee Day,Barrista, Kobe’s sizzler, Domino’s Pizza and QualityFrankie are some of the fast food joints.

Bakers & Confectionaries: Croissants in Sect-17, FrontBakery and Monginis

Sweets:Jhama sweets, Srikrishna sweets and Bikaner inSect 17 and Brijwasi.

4.5 Health facilities•Vashi node has about 25 hospitals. The prominent amongstthese are NMMC hospital in sector 9, Lakshadeep Hospitalin sector 9A, PKC hospital in sector 15A, MGM hospital insector 4, Apollo clinic in sector 12 and Employee StateInsurance Hospital in Sector 5 and Shree Hospital andICCU centre in sector 17, Agrawal Nursing home in sector17 and Agrawal Hospitaland Trauma care in sector 10,Pareek’s Nursing home and ICCU in sector 17.

•Amongst the other specialty clinics are Bombay City EyeCare and Research Centre in sector 17, Surya Netralaya insector 17 and Yewale’s Child Hospital in sector 9. JVPBlood and transfusion centre in sector 17 serves to a largenumber of hospitals. Navi Mumbai Animal Clinic is a wellknown veterinary hospital in sector 16.

4.6 Educational facilitiesThe important Primary and High schools in Vashi areAnjuman-E-Islam (sector-10A),Father Angel School (sector- 10A),ICL High School (sector 16A),St. Lawrence High School (sector-16A),Vashi English School (Sector-28),ModernSchool (Sector-7),Navi Mumbai High School (Sector-1),Sacred Heart High School (Sector- 4),St. Mary’s School,TimberLand,BloomingBuds,etc.

4.7 Security and police presenceWhile the streets and communities are patrolled by thepolice the major permanent security facilities located withinthe nodes are as follows.Vashi has a main police station located in sector 3. Threeother smaller police chowkies located in sectors 12, 15 and19 fall within the jurisdiction of the above main policestation. Vashi police stations also cover Sanpada node.

4.8 Ethnic centres and places of cultural interestIn the Vashi node there are over 14 ethnic cultural centers inSector 9. Sector 8 has one mosque, Sector 10 has St. MaryChurch and Sector 29 has a Swami Narayantemple.There is an Ayyappa temple in Sector 8 at a walkingdistance from the Vashigaon stop on the highway. Apartfrom this, there are temples of Durga, Murugan, Ganapathy,Siva and Navagraha.

4.9 Entertainment & RecreationModern cineplexes are due to open as part of theaforementioned City Center, Raghuleela, Inorbit, PalmBeach Galleria,Little World, Glomax, Prime Mall,Centurian, Dreams, Fanatasia and Tiara malls. VishnudasBhave auditorium in Sector 16A of Vashi admeasuring 0.51Ha. With 1200 seats capacity is a major auditorium wheremusic concerts, drama and dance and other culturalprogrammes are held. This auditorium is tipped as theculturalcentreandjewel of Navi Mumbai.

4.10 Fitness CentresTheVashi Node is particularly endowed with a number of such facilities. These include Navi Mumbai SportsAssociation (NMSA).This is a well equipped large sports club built over a 5 Ha area. It is one of the largestsports club and has various Sports Facilities like Tennis, Carrom, Badminton, Chess, Swimming and Squash.The Navi Mumbai Merchant Gymkhanalocated in sector 14, Gracilite Fitness, Body Zone, FitnessPoint andTalwalkar’s Gymnasium in sector 17 are well patronized. Knight Gym is in sec-29. Marine Centre club, PatilGynmasium in sec-5 Vashi Gymkhana, Vikas krida Mandal in sec-15 and Prayas Health Club are alsoavailable in this node.

4.11 Public Gardens and Parks.

Chintaman Rao Deshmukh,Savarkar Garden andAlliance Nursery,in Sector 8, Bhaurao Patil Garden inSector 1 and Play Garden in Sector 15 of Vashi Node.

A strip of land in Vashi along the coast of Thane creekhas been developed as a park and is popularly knownas the "Mini Seashore" or "Seaside Park".

The park is separated from the creek by a large holdingpond, which is surrounded by a path that is used as awalking/jogging track. Residents of Vashi and nearbynodes frequently use this area for recreation, relaxationand exercise.

Its also called Mini Seashore.

Sl. No. Land - Use Category

Norms

Population UnitArea in Ha /

UnitArea/ Capita (sq. m)

No. of units reqd. @ population of 156345

(1.56 lakhs)

No. ofunits required

(say)

Total Arearequired (ha)

Existing/ Provision

(No. of Units)

Area(ha)

Area Provided

per Capita (as of now)

BalanceUnits

Area required

(ha)

IEducational Standard

1 Schools 10,170 0.40 0.39 15.4 15 6.00 15 5.64 0.36 0

2 Degree Colleges 125,000 1.00 0.08 1.3 2 2.00 2 1.70 0.11 0

3Professional Colleges 125,000 2.00 0.16 1.3

2 4.002 3.40 0.22 0

4 Residential Schools 600,000 5.00 0.08 0.3 0 0 0

5 University City 50.00 0 0 0

II Health Standard

1Up to Nursing Homes 25,000 0.15 0.06 6.3 7

1.054 0.32 0.02 3 0.45

2 Hospital 100,000 0.50 0.05 1.6 2 1.00 2 1.18 0.08 0

3 Super Specialty 250,000 2.00 0.08 0.6 1 2.00 0 0.00 1 2.00

III Religious 10,000 0.15 0.15 15.6 16 2.40 1 0.05 15 2.25

IV Cultural

1 Cultural & Linguistic 100,000 0.60 0.06 1.6 2 1.20 1 0.08 0.01 1 0.60

2 Community Centers 100,000 0.20 0.02 1.6 2 0.40 2 0.20 0.01 0

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Central Library 2,000,000 4.00 0.02 0.1 0

0.00

0 0

5 Auditorium 400,000 0.40 0.01 0.4 0 0.00 0 0

6 Indoor Recreation 100,000 0.30 0.03 1.6 2 0.60 2 4.30 0.28 0

V Institutional

1Professional, Scientific & Other Institutions

100,000 8.30 0.83 1.6 2

16.60

0 0.00 2 16.60

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Working Women's Hostel 100,000 0.30 0.03 1.6 2

0.60

0 0.00 2 0.60

3 Other Hostels 100,000 0.30 0.03 1.6 2 0.60 0 0.00 2 0.60

4 Museums 500,000 2.00 0.04 0.3 0 0.00 0 0.00 0

5 Film Studio City 80.00 0.00 0 0

Total 57 38.45 22 16.87 26 23.10

2.3 InfrastructurePowerNMMC is looking at generating electricity using non-conventional methods of generating electricity like wind energy as Navi Mumbai is blessed with a long coastline and generating energy from waste which is collected throughout the node.Tata Power started supplying power in Navi Mumbai. Water •NMMC area is supplied from three sources- Morbe dam, Barvi dam of MIDC and Hetwane dam of CIDCO. 250-255 MLD water is supplied to NMMC area every day.

•NMMC receives potable water at Shil MBR from MIDC. This water is distributed to Airoli, Ghansoli, Koparkhairane, Vashi and part of Turbhe nodes through series of GSR-WPS-ESR-Distribution networks.

Sewerage

TransportMeans of public transport.RikshawTaxiNMMT busesRailways

Its a planned township. Road maintenanceis carried out by the NMMC. Road widthvaries from 42.5 mt to 8 mt for differentareas.Palm beach road 42 m wide running North-South of node and sion-panvel expresshighway running East - West direction.Railway and highway serves the way forgoods transport of APMC market in vashi

FIG.ROAD NETWORK MAP VASHI NODE

5.0 Some statistics for vashi.The performance of Vashi can best be proved by such statistical figures obtained by a survey that brings out the real facts from the ground. Behaviour of population in terms of migration, demographic, and socio economic trends provide the opportunity at planning level.

Household CharacteristicsTotal No. of Dwelling Units (in Node): 18,379 unitsConstructed: CIDCO – 63% Pvt. Sector - 37%

Dwelling UnitsCIDCO: LIG – 39%, MIG 1-40%, MIG II-15%, HIG-6%Pvt.Sect.: LIG – 12%, MIG 1-29%, MIG II-36%, HIG-23%Ownership of Dwelling Units: 81%CIDCO: Owned- 76% Pvt. Sect.: Owned- 88%

PopulationPresent Population: Estd. 2,25,156In 2005 : 165921 with growth rate of 8.26(2004-05)Employment: Estd. 76,553People residing and working in Navi Mumbai – 54%

Average Growth Rate: 6.16

Population projections for vashi node.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 176142 186993 198512 210740 223721 228196 232760 237415 242163

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021247007 251947 256986 262125 267368 272715 278170

Migrated people from Mumbai region to vashi.

Ethnic BackgroundHindus – 88% Christians – 4%Muslims – 6% Others – 3%General Caste : 81%

Last place of Residence:Navi Mumbai- 40%Shifted from Mumbai- 51%Other dist. Of Maharashtra – 5%Outside Maharashtra – 5%

Avg. Family Size: 3.8Literacy Rate: Total Literate – 99%.

Place of Work:Pvt. Sector – 54% Pub. Sector – 4%Govt. Offices – 18% Industry - 5%Commercial – 10% Others – 8%

Economic ProfileAvg. Monthly Household Income Rs. 15,708/-Ownership of Vehicle 56%

•Satisfaction Level of the residents:•Over Basic Infrastructural Facilities –about 85%•Over Social Facilities – about 70%•Over Recreational Facilities – about 80%

Node Wholesale Retail Service Open

Markets Markets Industry Markets

Airoli - 1513 671 346

Ghansoli - 707 336 900

KoparKhairane - 1628 671 674

Vashi 5679 5672 2014 1257

Sanpada - 878 447 382

Nerul - 2013 895 1020

Belapur - 916 447 830

Kharghar - 1064 447 515

kalamboli 2077 1019 559 469

Jui-Kamothe - 519 224 111

New panvel - 2202 1007 453

Dronagiri - 360 112 20

MIDC - 1347 447 1670

Villages - 4801 1790 2236

PMC 175 2451 895 1863

UMC - 941 224 340

Total 7931 28031 11187 13086

Table : Node wise distribution of units by type of establishment

6.2 Trends of Arrivals of Goods/Commodities inAPM, Vashi•The arrivals of almost all the goods/commoditiesshowed a downward trend, particularly after 2004 -'05.•If this downward trend of commodity inflowscontinues, the very purpose of wholesale APM andtheir infrastructure development would get lost.•In fact, some multinationals and big corporatehouses have started procuring the agriculturalproduce directly from the farmers and transportingit to their retail outlets which remove the role of themiddleman/brokers.•The worst affected from this change would beMathadi workers for whom Agriculture ProduceMarkets are the source of livelihood.

6.0 Trade and commerce at vashi node.

6.1 Wholesale marketsAPMC market the wholesale market with units5679 and employees aroung 67884, and turnoverof 50.42 billion rupees.

6.3 Retail Markets.Vashi has the distinction of having largest numbers of seven types of shops in all the nodes and villages of Navi Mumbai. Among 5171 shops (all types) in Vashi, the maximum number (983) was of 'Food./eatable/restaurant'.

6.4 Service industryThe service industry also known as the tertiary sector of economy forms the backbone of social and economic development of a city. It has emerged as the largest-growing sector in the world economy,

Percentage distributions of shops / service industry (grouped under each of its four categories)by type and by location (node / village)

Why there’s need of redevelopment?

•Vashi was first node to be planned in the period of 1970s. ithas been more than 35 years now.

•The earlier development in vashi was very slow, the peoplefrom CIDCO had to convince the people for buying theplots. In 1993 the railways came in and the rate ofdevelopment suddenly went up.

•Over the period of time the commercial activities grewmuch faster dominating the residential neighborhoodenvironment.

•The increasing population increasing the load oninfrastructure.Problems related with traffic, parking, sewagedisposal, flooding during rains resulting in to loss of primaryobjectives of planning and neighborhood environment.

•To counter this another strategy needs to be planned forbetter life of people in years ahead

USE AREA IN HA.%

RESIDENTIAL 185.17 22

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 4

SOCIAL FACILITIES 53.11 6

INDUSTRIAL 9.98 1

OPEN SPACE 92.39 11

CIRCULATION 183.83 22

PUBLIC UTILITIES 98.33 12

INFRASTR. CORRIDOR 71.41 8

STORAGE 116.2 14

NOT DEVELOPABLE 0

NET DEVELOPABLE 849.42 100

7.0 Land use in vashi node

Fig. Land use pie chart at vashi node.

7.1 Issues regarding land use.

1) One of the major issues is misuse offootpaths and part of the street forvarious purposes like•Hawkers,•Used as display area by shop owners,•Parking,•Used by garages for parking andrepairing.These things are common along allmajor roads, LIG, EWS and APMCmarket areas.Due to this the actual purpose ofpedestrian movement is not served plusthe streetscape is spoiled.

Along palm beach road.

Behind truck terminal vashi turbhe ink road.

2) Due to increased potential in varioussectors the residences are used as aplace for commercial purpose it isprominent in LIG and EWS areas alongthe major roads, area which are nearerto vashi station.

Sector 21(used by garages)

Vashi turbhe link road.(footpath lack of design) Sector 21(parking along main road)

•7.2 Recommendations:•Initially parking was not mandatory during building construction. Now for what ever new constructionsthe parking should be made mandatory according to proposed use of building.•To solve existing problemspropose multi-storeyed parking•Near sector 17(Using land along nalas)•Vashi station(in existing parking lot),•Near vishnudas bhave auditorium.

•To encourage one point parking fast-easy-cheap local transport system should be developed within node.•Along major roads and in sectors near station people are using residential ground floor area ascommercial purpose. Instead of controlling thisproperty tax for commercial use at these places should behigh according to different areas and should be updated withregular surveys. This would keep controlsuch unauthorised land use in LIG, EWS areas.

•To control vending activities on footpathsvending zoneor complex should be developed. Such zonecould be developed along comingexhibition center in sector 30A.As currently land prices are soaring inentire vashi.

•Another idea to control vending is thelocal people themselves can be used as effective tool. Forinstance the shop or house in front of which vendors have cameup should be reported to local authority orhe will be fined. such system could be helpful.•Currently recreation and other public facilities are sufficient for population but not according to futurepopulation to come so need to develop policy•policy in termsto control growth•policy in termsto accept the growth•According to both proper land mobilising model should developed that will include FSI increase andother incentives.

•If you see the existing development onewill notice the land is scare in Mumbaispecially in node like vashi. So how tomobilise land for the development? Theplanning of vashi node was done during1980s. the development was likeHIG G+4MIG G+3, G+2.LIG G+1EWS G+1We can go for G+3 units in LIG andEWS areas in sectors like 21,23 ,6,7with new housing policy to promoteEWS, LIG housing along with privatepartnership. New policy must ensurenew layout with much better openspaces and accessibility. This wouldalso lower the commercial use ofground storied residences. Sector 21

1) Sector 1(commercial use of ground floor residences) 2) Sector 17 (footpath as display area).

Sector 9 and 10. Units built by CIDCO are dilapidated and there are demands for building new units withhigher FSI around 3.00 – 4.00.Actions :As the fact is building are so old they need to be reconstructed but to attract the investors need to go for highFSI is must.If you see the layout of these sectors they are built to be completely residential neighbourhoods with commonopen spaces narrow roads with low traffic volume. E.g. you can see in the picture children playing on streets.

•Try to keep theoriginal neighbour hood environment.•For these calculating the increased traffic after high FSI which will be fecible for the sector to havelowtraffic volume.•Heavy traffic policy with large road widths, and commercial +residentialland use, through trafficwontwork.•At the same time authority may not give FSI hike for1 plot or building it should be for one group ofbuildings for which a proper layout with new site margins andcommon recreation placeshould be workedout such grouping must be done my authority or concerned planner or architect

Sector 9 and 10

Revitalisation or redevelopment of APMC market area.Another major tool or necessity would be revitalisation or redevelopment of APMC market area. Currently land is scare and it’s a precious commodity when in vashi.

•Its huge area. 120 hectors.•Need of growing population demands more land.•The idea would sound vague today but the conditions like decrease in arrivals of commodity in vashiin successive years are indicating the need for change

Its like the washout of cotton meals from Mumbai in the environment dominated by capitalism and the worst affected would be again the workers. This place provides employment for nearly 70000 people.By sensing the future trends and threats and to avoid the repeating of the history

immediate policy level measures to be taken to not to transform APMC according to current trend and needs. It should also be able to provide some amount of land for the further development of node which can be achieved by multi-storeyed construction.

Nallas running along the node.These carry waste and storm water. They arenot maintained in the point of view forimproving streetscape.

Nallas can be another effective tool for landmobilisation nalas running through entire vashi.Success full nala development programme + atcertain places with technical consultation nalascan be covered with slab and the same can beused for uses like parking, vending etc. whichare temporary uses but are necessities today. Thesides of nalas can be developed in to goodpedestrian movements and green spaces.

Nala along palm beach road

8.0 TransportationAvg. Travel Expenditure per month: Rs. 1246/-Avg. Travel Time 27minThe socio economic survey of households in planned nodes was conducted by Kirloskar Consultants in 2005 for NMMC area and travel pattern was established. It was found that work trip accounts for nearly 1/3rd of all trips. Amongst the work trip 24.4% of them are within the same node. The popular nodes in the study area where origin and destination lie within the node includeVashi - 6.3%Nerul - 3.7%Airoli - 2.4%Khopar khairane - 2.4%CBD Belapur - 1.9%New Panvel - 2.6%Other - 5.1%Total - 24.4

Origin Destination Percent of work tripsKoparkhairane - Vashi 3.9%Nerul - Vashi 2.4%Ghansoli - Vashi 1.5%Koparkhairane - Other places in NMMC 1.1%Sanpada - Vashi 1.0%Khargar - CBD Belapur 0.9%Airoli - Vashi 0.8%Khargar - Vashi 0.8%

Thus Vashi remains the most popular destination.

8.2 Pedestrian facilities

Details of Walkways and Footpaths in NMMC Area (length in ‘m’)Zone Walkways Footpaths Total

Vashi 1240 10788 12028

SURVAYS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIN AT FOLLOWING JUNCTIO NS

•Near sanpada station •Shivaji Chowk near Vashi Bus Depot•Junction under Vashi Flyover on Sion - Panvel Highway•APMC market Junction

8.3 Existing traffic issues.

1. Following junctions are found to be very crowded and need improvementby grade separation.•Turbhe link road and Sanpada railway station road (near vegetable market)•Palm Beach Road and Turbhe link road near Arenga corner.•North East of ESR near Vashi Gaon Sec 31 to Sterling hospital Sec 6.•At signalized junctionon Sion – Panvel highway opposite to Sanpada railway station. This leads to delay totraffic on Sion – Panvel highway and also to the cross trafficstream. However this proposal is underconsideration by MSRDC.

2. There isno direct connectivitybetween Palm Beach road to Sion Panvel highway at the grade separatedjunction at Tolani Bridge near I Ahmed cold storage in sec 18.Thus the traffic from Vashi is not able to getdirect access towards Panvel.

3. There is anunderpassat Turbhe railway station but this under pass isnot connectedto other side of ThaneBelapur road.

4. The pedestrian traffic is very high from Sanpada railway station and presentwidth of footpathsis only 2 –2.5 m which is inadequate.

5. There is disorderly traffic movement on junction at Turbhe (near Centre Point Hotel and Pfizer factory)Traffic movements are in the directions of Thane, MIDC, Vashi and Belapur. Presently there areno signalsinstalledat this junction and the traffic movements are very high which leads to congestion and delays.

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7. Parking problem is one of the critical issues in Vashi. In most of the areas on street parking is predominant. Sector 17 is one of the worst affected areas due to on street parking of private vehicles

8. At the Vashibus terminal the entry and exit of buses are provided from the same location on Sagar Vihar –Turbhe road. The same entry and exit creates a lot of traffic congestion and unsafe movements.

9. On Vashi – Kopar Khairane road there is excessively high traffic in both directions. Public buses are also moving in the same road along with other traffic and get delayed.

10. No proper access to vashirailway station for the residential areas behind the railway station people have to walk by the nallaunder flyover to railway station.

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8.4 Solutions.

Flyovers should be provided at following junctions to avoid traffic congestion

1.Flyover from North East of ESR near Vashi Gaon Sec 31 to Sterling hospital Sec6

2. Development of new road starting at sterling hospital sec 6 in Vashi to Kopar Khairane and further to Ghansoli and Airoli. This road will another coastal road and will reduce the traffic load from the internal roads.

3. Flyovers should be provided at following junctions to avoid traffic congestion

•Turbhe link road and Sanpada railway station road (near vegetableMarket) along Turbhe link road•Turbhe link road and Palm Beach road near Arenga corner along Turbhe link road.

4. Provision of private taxi stand Opposite to Jugaon water tank.

5. Provision of parking by Uplifting the garden and playground in sec 17.

6. There is an urgent need of a flyover on Sion – Panvel road at Sanpada signalized. Junction opposite to railway station. The flyover can be constructed along the Sion Panvel Highway.

8. The underpassat Turbhe railway station from forecourt of station to other side of thane Belapur road should be extended.

9. Development of a bridge between Sec 26 at Kopri to Sec 11 of Kopar Khairane. This bridge will develop a good connectivity between Vashi and Kopar Khairane.

11. There is a necessity of converting the foot over bridge into a foot under bridge near Datta mandir.

12. Provision of RUB from Sector 1 to ‘Samana’ press.

13. It has been observed that the roads are now fully occupied and running to full capacity. Traffic jam is observed on Vashi –Koparkhairane Link road. To ensure smooth flow of traffic towards Kopar Khairaneadequate parking facility along sector 9 and 10 is required.

Vashi node plan showing locations for proposals.

9.0 Developing water fronts.Holding ponds and channels are not maintained.

Certain other areas to developed as public places•The most important gap is holding pond of sector 12 •Sagar vihar water body•Corner of sector 8 land near old hovercrafts station •Old holding pond in sector 7•Total 130 hectors of holding ponds are in vashi•All holding pond require desilting and draining is required for nallas.

9.2 Development of Khairane Nalla.The length of Khairane mall from west to east is approx 3 to 4 km.

Development of nallaOpen concrete nallas are running all across the vashi carrying waste or storm water. Nallas are open and running along the streets. People hesitate to walk along the pathways abutting the nallas.Dense plantation between pathway and nallaCovering the nallas partly and use it as parking spaceUrban design solution to develop nallas.

Creek edges to be developed as promenades e.g. Vashi Sec 8.

Thank you.