New Panvel is a residential, commercial and educational node of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra and comes under the Konkan division.
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15 Facts About New Panvel
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New Panvel was developed on marshy land and was previously a Mango cultivated area.
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New Panvel is popularly called Khanda Colony by the local villagers, as the city is adjacent to two small villages Dhakta Khanda and Motha Khanda.
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Sector 17 of New Panvel West bound by JNPT bypass and NH-4 alongside Motha Khanda is located near the railway station.
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New Panvel has a river locally known as river 'Kalundre' situated on the banks of Panvel Creek.
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New Panvel is located on the western side of the Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
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New Panvel is just adjacent to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.
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New Panvel is an important junction point as many major highways meet and pass through the city.
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Roads inside New Panvel are maintained by CIDCO while those in old Panvel by PMC.
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New Panvel, being developed by CIDCO, has well planned and wide lane major roads and even the arterial roads are of two lanes.
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Old New Panvel has relatively less maintained roads which are very congested due to lack of planning on part of the PMC.
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New Panvel is a major station and is considered equivalent to Mumbai's stations for trains which skip Mumbai.
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The trains run on diesel traction and alternating current, and New Panvel is a refueling point for their locomotives.
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