Vashi

Vashi is a node in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, across the Thane Creek of the Arabian Sea on the outskirts of city of Mumbai.[1] The Vashi is named after the largest village Vashi Gaon present in Vashi Node.

For other uses, see Vashi (disambiguation).

Vashi-Juhu-Kopri
Business District of Navi Mumbai
Vashi-Juhu-Kopri
Coordinates: 19.08°N 73.01°E / 19.08; 73.01
CountryIndia
StateMaharashtra
DistrictThane
Founded byCIDCO
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyNavi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Demonym(s)Vashikar/ Juhukar/ Koprikar
Languages- Agri (Marathi)
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400 703
Vehicle registrationMH-43 Navi Mumbai
Lok Sabha constituencyThane
Vidhan Sabha constituencyBelapur

Vashi is a very well developed and well connected node of Navi Mumbai. It is the also the first Navi Mumbai station after Mankhurd which is last station of Mumbai Suburban city. Vashi is well organized sub-urban area which houses large number of commercial stores and also has many residential societies. Vashi has three main and large malls, viz., Inorbit mall Vashi, Center One and Raghuleela Mall. Along with these three malls several other small shopping plazas are also developed across vashi, e.g. Satra Plaza,[2] Vashi Plaza.[3] Vashi is located 20 minutes away from Chembur a suburban area in Mumbai and is easily accessible by both road and railways. Vashi also is a terminal railway station for Harbour Line & Trans-Harbour Line. Vashi is well known for it cosmopolitan culture & educational institutes.

Vashi also houses an Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market where all the grocery items, food items, Rice, Lentils, Wheet, and different types of Spices are sold at a wholesale price.

Educational institutions

See also

References
  1. George Mendonca (30 September 2017). "Potholes under Vashi flyover filled up". The Times of India. Navi Mumbai. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. "No Parking at Satra Plaza".
  3. "Vashi Plaza Owners and Residents Community".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology". www.fcrit.ac.in.
  5. "Leading Business School in Navi Mumbai | Oriental Institute of Management". oim.edu.in.
  6. "Institute for MBA, Engineering, Fashion Designing, PGDM Course B-School in India". 7 September 2014.
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