Sainagar is a large suburb with more than 5% of the population of the city of Panvel where more than 300,000 people live. It is close to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, there is also an international exhibition center and an

engineering college Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional development, professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education (Bachelor's degree, bachelor's and/or master's degree), and any ...

. Several developments are currently taking place and Panvel is located at 18.98° N 73.1° E It has an average elevation of 28 metres (91 feet). It is near to the Gadhi river.

Education

There are more than 40 schools in the area, well known schools include: * St. Joseph's High School, Kalamboli * Dayanand Anglo Vedic Public School, New Panvel * St. George High School * St. Mary's High School *

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism is an autonomous research institution established by the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology. The facility is engaged in basic and applied research in geomagnetism, as well as allie ...

, Panvel *

National Institute Of Fashion Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) is an autonomous institute that offers courses in fashion, designing, technology, and management. Its head office is located in New Delhi, India. History NIFT was established in 1986 under the M ...

(NIFT) are known for providing quality education.

Proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport

The new Navi Mumbai International airport, which is to be built in the Kopra-Panvel area would be built through public-private partnership (PPP) — with

private sector The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Employment The ...

partner getting 74% equity while

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(AAI) and Maharashtra government (through City and Industrial Development Corporation or CIDCO) holding 13% each. The

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(ICAO) has already given techno-feasibility clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport and central cabinet has cleared it.

Tourist places

There are two large markets in the suburb and they provide mainly

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s, medicines and household items. Nearby villages include Karjat, Karnala,

Prabalgad Prabalgad (also known as Muranjan, Pradhangad or Prabalmachi) is a fort located between Matheran and Panvel and comes under the Raigad District in the state of Maharashtra, India. The Prabalgad Fort stands at an elevation of in the Western G ...

and Ballaleshwar. Nearby landmarks include

Elephanta Caves The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. They are on Elephanta Island, or ''Gharapuri'' (literally "the city of caves"), in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai in the Indian state of Mahār ...

Transport links

Panvel railway station Panvel railway station (station code: PL /PNVL ) is a railway station on the Harbour Line and Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. The station inter-connects to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport integrating along ...

comes under Mumbai Division of Central Railway. The station is divided into two parts for suburban and main lines. The main line station is located at Chainage 68/5 from Mumbai CST, while the suburban station is at 48/9. Both share the same building complex and staff members. The suburban complex currently has two operational platforms and two more are being constructed. The main line station has three operational platforms, and two more are being constructed. The station handles more than 30 freight trains, 5 daily commuter

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s and 5 daily

express train An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the s ...

s stop here. In addition to this, 9 non-daily trains also stop at this station. Panvel is a very major station and is considered equivalent to

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for trains which skip Mumbai. The trains run on Diesel Traction, and Panvel is a refueling point for their

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s. In addition to refueling, Panvel has a huge number of cargo, and most trains stop for periods varying from 5 minutes to 20 minutes to load and unload cargo. Panvel also handles crew change for freight trains. There are 4 ticket counters and 3 reservation counters. A state transport

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is about 500 metres away from the

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. Buses run by Local Municipal Transport (NMMT) and

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s are available to rent. A new suburban railway station building is under construction, and no facilities are available for their passengers. The next nearest ones are

Khandeshwar Khandeshwar is one of the recently developed nodes of Navi Mumbai and is located in Raigad district. It has a Khandeshwar railway station, railway station on the harbour line of the Mumbai suburban railway network. It is also connected by the Na ...

Manasarovar Lake Manasarovar (Sanskrit: मानसरोवर), also called Mapam Yutso (;) locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The l ...

, Kharghar and Belapur.

References

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