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Goregaon

Suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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image_captionThe Oberoi Mall and Commerz tower (Westin Hotel), Goregaon, Mumbai.
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_type3City
subdivision_name1Maharashtra
subdivision_name2Mumbai Suburban
subdivision_name3Mumbai
established_title
government_typeMunicipal Corporation
governing_bodyMunicipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM)
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population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages
demographics1_title1Official
timezone1IST
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postal_code_typePIN
postal_code400062, 400104 (West), 400063 (East), 400097 (Gokuldham)
area_code022
registration_plateMH-47
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha
blank1_info_sec1Mumbai North West (Lok Sabha constituency)
demographics1_info1Marathi
blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha Constituency
blank2_info_sec1Goregaon (covers western part of the suburb)
Dindoshi (covers eastern part of the suburb)

Constituency Dindoshi (covers eastern part of the suburb)

Goregaon ([ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ]) is a suburb of Mumbai city, in the Mumbai Suburban district of Maharashtra, India. It has a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway on the Western Line. An extension of the Harbour Line was completed in 2018, due to which it has regular trains to CSMT. This is in addition to the existing trains to Churchgate on the Western Line. Owing to rapid urbanization (mainly due to the construction of metro lines) and the growing population of metropolitan Mumbai, Goregaon, which was once a hilly forest region, is now a crowded suburb of Mumbai.

Mumbai local trains originate and terminate at Goregaon. Platforms 1 and 2 operate slow trains towards Churchgate and CSMT whereas, Platform 7 operates fast trains towards Churchgate.

Transport

Goregaon Railway Station is the transport hub of Goregaon. The station currently has seven platforms, two of which are new harbor-line platforms, and was expanded as a part of the Harbour Line extension (under MUTP 2) from Andheri. The expansion, involving two additional platforms and an elevated deck with passenger amenities (on the western side of the existing station) was completed in 2018.

A recently constructed skywalk connects one of the foot-over-bridges to S. V. Road near Citi Centre, a shopping complex near the M. G. Road junction. BEST has bus stations on both the Western and the Eastern sides of the railway station. Goregaon Bus Depot, however, is located away from the railway station, on Link Road. The link road has seen an increase in the traffic of late after the commencement of the Mumbai Metro construction work.

There is a flyover named Mrinal Tai Gore Flyover at Ram Mandir road, connecting Goregaon West and Goregaon East.It has been operational since 2016 and links the Western Express Highway(WEH) in Goregaon East to the Ram Mandir Junction in Goregaon West. In addition, Ram Mandir railway station is operational since December 2016. The next important transport project for Goregaon will be the GMLR (Goregaon Mulund Link Road) which will be a 5km underground road consisting of two tunnels each having three lanes. This road will link Goregaon to Bhandup.

Nature and conservation

Restaurant in Goregaon

Goregaon shares a boundary with the Sanjay Gandhi National Park from the south-western side and is home to the Conservation Education Centre (CEC), run by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The area is home to a diverse flora and fauna.

Recent development on the eastern side has led to a huge amount of deforestation. Leopard sightings and even the occasional attacks are not very rare and not just in the hamlets inside the Aarey Milk Colony but also in large residential colonies like Nagari Nivara Parishad.

Education

Colleges

  • Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
  • Patkar-Varde College

Schools

  • Oberoi International School

References

References

  1. "Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Mumbai Urban Transport Project - ||".
  2. (30 April 2016). "Mumbai: Flyover connecting Goregaon East and West to open today".
  3. "Ram Mandir station to finally open today - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Goregaon-Mulund Link Road plan first hurdle cleared - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. "About CEC".
  6. Singh, Sunil. (2 October 2013). "Girl killed, boy injured in leopard attack in Mumbai". NDTV.
  7. "Mumbai: In third leopard attack in a month, seven-year-old boy killed".
  8. "Leopard kills 50-year-old woman in Goregaon - Indian Express".
  9. "Nine-year-old killed in leopard attack - Indian Express".
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