The Periphery

The 344-sq. km. periphery of Navi Mumbai starts on the East with Kalundre village, on the West is the hill range that starts from Digha and runs up to Taloja; in the North is Digha village while Chanje village lies in the South, Dronagiri is on the South-East. The area comprised of 95 villages of Thane and Raigad Districts. The State Government published a notification on 4th February 1970 for acquisition of land admeasuring 159.54 sq km. covering 86 villages of Thane, Uran and Panvel Talukas. Nine more villages admeasuring 28.70 sq km were included in the project area in August 1973. The city periphery falls in the North Konkan region. The major part of the land was marshy and consisted of saltpans. The salt produced here used to be supplied not only to several parts of the country but to the world over.