New Panvel
New Panvel is a residential as well as commercial node in Navi Mumbai. New Panvel is divided into New Panvel East and New Panvel West (refered to as Khanda Colony). Most of the commercial activity is located in sectors 15 to 19 in east just outside the railway station. One of the large complex is located at sector 19 named Shiva Complex. One can find all types of commercial activities in this complex.
Demographics:-
The development and maintenance authority of New Panvel is City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO).
New Panvel is developed, administered, and maintained by CIDCO.
New Panvel is strategically located on the eastern side of the Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. It is well connected to rest of India by road and railway.
New Panvel is divided in two parts – New Panvel East and New Panvel West. They have 23 and 19 sectors respectively.
New Panvel is just adjacent to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. A Reliance SEZ is also coming up in the vicinity. It has a number of schools, colleges and hospitals to meet the needs of its residents.
Mega City Project:-
Mumbai’s satellite mega city, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, which has gained prominence with the recent Cabinet approval for a green-field world-class airport, is witnessing hectic construction activity with India’s biggest developers launching their showpiece projects in and around this mega city.
New Panvel - Navi Mumbai, the only Indian mega city to be featured on National Geographic Channel’s ‘Super Cities of the World’ series, is finally emerging out of the shadows.
New Panvel, Navi Mumbai (and its fringes) is set to become a major education and IT hub, dotted with several universities and IT Parks. In addition, one of the biggest projects here is the upcoming Gulf Finance House Economic Development Zone - slated to house 140,000 residents, generating direct employment for 250,000 people and indirect employment for as many as 750,000.
State Government approved Panvel Mega City project to be implemented by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) . The city will have three parts viz. Energy City, Information Technology and Telecom City, and Entertainment City. The project is expected to create employment for 7.5 lakhs people. The first phase is expected to be complete by 2014 while the entire project will be ready by 2020.
Transport:-
Panvel is an important junction point as many major highways meet and pass through the city. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Sion-Panvel Expressway, NH 4B and NH 17 start from here while NH 4 passes through Panvel. Roads of New Panvel are maintained by CIDCO. New Panvel, being developed by CIDCO, has well planned and wide lane major roads and even the arterial roads are of two lanes.
Railway
Panvel railway station is one of the most important junctions on the Konkan Railway. Harbour line from Mumbai CST, central line from Diva / Karjat, western freight corridor from JNPT and the konkan railway line from Mangalore meet at Panvel. Panvel railway station comes under Mumbai division of central railway. Panvel is the terminating station of Mumbai railway's harbour line. Also, Konkan railway connecting Mumbai to south India passes through Panvel. Platforms 1,2,3 & 4 are for suburban trains while platforms 5,6 & 7 are for main line trains. Panvel is very busiest railway station in Navi Mumbai. 9 pairs of daily express trains, 13 pairs of non-daily express trains and 12 daily commuter (passenger) trains stop here. Also, the Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Duronto has a technical halt at Panvel for crew change, refuelling and catering. In addition, Panvel handles 116 suburban trains which go to destinations Mumbai CST, Wadala Road, Andheri and Thane. The station also handles a sizeable amount of freight trains. Panvel is a very major station and is considered equivalent to Mumbai for trains which skip Mumbai. The trains run on diesel traction and alternating current (the tracks to konkan are not electrified south of Panvel), and Panvel is a refueling point for their locomotives. In addition to refueling, Panvel has a huge number of parcel bookings, and most trains stop for periods varying from 5 minutes to 20 minutes for technical purposes. Panvel also handles crew and locomotive change for long distance passenger / freight trains. Panvel railway station also has siding for suburbs trains located in New Panvel (W) and for locomotives in New Panvel (E). There are two railway stations in the node. First one is located in Sector 17 of New Panvel (E) and second is located in sector 17 of New Panvel (W) named Khandeshwar.
Bus
Route No. Route
NMMT 24 New Panvel Bus Stn to Thane Rly Stn (Cidco)
NMMT 50 Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Panvel Rly Stn
NMMT 58 Vashi Bus Stn to Khopoli
NMMT AC 111 New Panvel Bus Stn to Mantralaya
