Vashi
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vashi
| settlement_type = Business District of Navi Mumbai
| image_skyline = File:Vashi Navi Mumbai.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|19.08|N|73.01|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Thane
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| established_date = 1972
| founder = CIDCO
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| government_type = Municipal Corporation
| governing_body = Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
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| demographics1_info1 = Marathi
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 400 703
| registration_plate = MH-43 Navi Mumbai
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Thane
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Vashi is a residential and commercial node in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, across the Thane Creek of the Arabian Sea on the outskirts of city of Mumbai also called capital of Navi Mumbai .{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/potholes-under-vashi-flyover-filled-up/articleshow/60883502.cms |last= George Mendonca|location =Navi Mumbai|work=The Times of India|title=Potholes under Vashi flyover filled up|date=30 September 2017 |access-date=18 October 2017}} Vashi is named after the largest village present in Vashi Node.
Overview
File:'Vashi Creek and the Mangrove forests'..JPG
Vashi is well-connected node of Navi Mumbai. It is also the first Navi Mumbai station after Mankhurd which is the last station of Mumbai Suburban city. Vashi is a well-organised sub-urban area that houses many commercial stores and 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,{{Cite news |title=No Parking at Satra Plaza |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/no-parking-from-satra-plaza-to-palm-beach-galaria-in-vashi}} Vashi Plaza.{{Cite web |title=Vashi Plaza Owners and Residents Community |url=https://www.apnacomplex.com/complex/vashi-plaza }} 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.
Turbhe 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
- Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcrit.ac.in/|title=Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology.|website=www.fcrit.ac.in}}
- Oriental Institute of Management{{Cite web|url=https://oim.edu.in/|title=Leading Business School in Navi Mumbai | Oriental Institute of Management|website=oim.edu.in}}
- ITM Group of Institutions{{Cite web|url=https://www.itm.edu/|title=Institute for MBA, Engineering, Fashion Designing, PGDM Course B-School in India|date=7 September 2014}}
- Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College
- Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College
See also
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