Kamothe

Kamothe
कामोठे
Mansarovar / Khandeshwar
Town

Kamothe-Sector36 at night
Kamothe
Coordinates: 19°01′00″N 73°05′47″E / 19.016804°N 73.096461°E / 19.016804; 73.096461Coordinates: 19°01′00″N 73°05′47″E / 19.016804°N 73.096461°E / 19.016804; 73.096461
Country India
State Maharashtra
District Raigad
Languages
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 410209
Telephone code 022 --------
Vehicle registration MH 43,MH 46 and MH 06
Nearest city Mumbai
Climate Pleasant except Hot and Humid during May–August (Köppen)

Kamothe is a node of Navi Mumbai developed and maintained by CIDCO. Kamothe is located on the Sion Panvel Highway. It is the third node after Panvel and Khandeshwar towards Mumbai.

Introduction

Navi Mumbai is envisaged as a metro sized counter magnet to reduce the pressure on the Mumbai metropolis. It is planned as a polycentric new town with a series of nodal concentrations along mass transport corridors. When fully built, it is expected to have 14 such townships with a combined population holding capacity of four millions and one million jobs.

Location

The site of Kamothe adjoins the Central Business District of Belapur (CBD Belapur) of Navi Mumbai and is surrounded by Kharghar in its north, Taloja in north-east, Kalamboli in its east and Panvel in its south. The western region of Kamothe is a wet land area with enormous mangroves.

Characteristics

Kamothe is divided into 48 Sectors. Though these sectors are not placed evenly, they are systematic and are in a planned manner. Each sector has its own information map. Kamothe is one of the slum-free and modern node of Navi Mumbai.

Infrastructure

With Rs 40, 000 million (US $1140 million) worth of basic infrastructure already in place, Navi Mumbai is ready, willing and able to absorb the imminent, large scale shift of population, business, commerce and non pollutant industry from Mumbai and elsewhere. Kamothe has large network of wide roads.

There is no water scarcity in Kamothe and water supply is usually for 24 hours in some areas. Landlines are also well established for communication purpose.

Kamothe Police Station is in Plot#1, Sector 7 and started fully functioning in 2013.

Kamothe boasts of number of ready and under-construction projects both in the commercial and residential segments. Bhoomi Homes, Manas are some of the oldest residential complexes of Kamothe.

The upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport near Kamothe has boomed the real estate of Kamothe on new heights.

There are a number of premium residential projects sprung up in Kamothe. CIDCO also has plans to build shopping malls which should make the town one of the better locations in Navi Mumbai. It also attempts to put Navi Mumbai on international map.

Transportation

Kamothe is located on the outskirts of Mumbai. It lies in what is commonly regarded as the Konkan part of Maharashtra and falls in Raigad district.

Train: Kamothe has two railway stations Mansarovar and Khandeshwar that lie on the harbour line, a part of Mumbai suburban railways. It takes 70 minutes from Mumbai CST (छत्रपति शिवाजी टर्मिनस) for a local to reach Mansarovar and 73minutes to Khandeshwar.

Local train in Mansarovar Railway Station

Bus: Roads here are very well developed. The new wide road that connects Mansarovar and Khandeshwar railway stations will become operational soon. Auto rickshaws provide the primary means of personal local transportation. They ply from Mansarovar railway station to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. Also from Khandeshwar station to Sector 22/24 kamothe, Sector 18 kamothe & Khanda colony. These auto rickshaws serve share-rickshaw facility.

NMMT and MSRTC/ST buses serve as a much cheaper means of transportation over a long distance to various nodes through Navi Mumbai. Buses starting from Panvel halt at Kamothe bus stop on the highway allowing passengers direct and fast passage to destinations across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. NMMT bus stand had come up near Mansarovar & Khandeshwar railway station.

NMMT had started Route No. 57 from Mansarovar Railway station to Khandeshwar Railway Station from 01/01/2015. This had become most profitable route ever for NMMT in its history. Now days Route no. 59 also started from Khandeshwar railway station to Vichumbe ( New Panvel) via khanda colony.

BEST buses are available between Kalamboli and Dadar and has a stop for Kamothe on highway. There are BEST AC Kinglong bus from Kalamboli to Wadala at a frequency of 25 minutes.

View of Panvel Highway from Kamothe
BEST / NMMT / KMT Route No. Route
BEST 503 Rani Laxmibai Chowk (Sion) to Kalamboli Bus Stn
BEST C-52 EXP Wadala Depot to Kalamboli Bus Stn
BEST C-53 EXP Ghatkopar Depot to Kalamboli Bus Stn
BEST AS 503 Wadala Depot to Kalamboli Bus Stn
NMMT 24 New Panvel Bus Stn to Thane Rly Stn (Cidco)
NMMT 30 Kalamboli (Roadpali) to Uran
NMMT 50 Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Panvel Rly Stn
NMMT 51 Kopar Khairane Bus Stn to Kalamboli Bus Stn
NMMT 58 Vashi Bus Stn to Khopoli
NMMT 56 Kalamboli Police Headquarter To Manasarovar
NMMT 57 Mansarovar Rly Stn to Khandeshwar Rly Stn
NNMT 59 Khandeshwar Rly Stn to Vichumbe ( New Panvel)
NMMT 103 Panvel Rly Stn to Dadar TT Rly Stn
KMT NA Khopoli to Vashi

Navi Mumbai Metro Railway (proposed)

The first phase of Navi Mumbai metro railway (proposed) is likely to be operational in later half of 2011-20 decade. Kamothe will have its metro station in Sector-10.It will ease the load of passengers travelling during peak hours.

Navi Mumbai International Airport

The proposed new international airport is expected to be functional by 2018 in the Kopra area of Panvel, adjoining Kamothe. This project was sanctioned by CIDCO on August 1, 2009. The site is approximately at a distance of 2 miles from Kamothe. There is a plan to build a sea link (Mumbai trans-harbour link) between Nhava Sheva and Sewri in Mumbai thus making the new airport accessible to not only Navi Mumbai residents but also the residents of south Mumbai and Pune.

Kamothe- NMIA area from Sector 35

Religion

Kamothe is a cosmopolitan town with majority of Hindus (Maharashtrians). Various religions and sects co-exists peacefully and in harmony in this beautiful town. However, at present there are not much of the religious places except for a lord Ganesh temple, Shiva temple, Vitthal and Rukmini temple and Hanuman temple & various Different temples. Many religious bodies are active and peacefully coexist.

After many years of struggle a Burial Ground was allotted for Muslim Community. A small prayer hall has been built near the entrance of the burial ground. There are other Masjids at sector-35 Munira Heights and at sector-6 and on temporary basis at Old S.P.V Building, the Sunni Muslims perform prayers during fridays.

Educational institutes

Famous Buildings by sector

Hospitals

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