Andheri

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Andheri (Marathi: अंधेरी) is a suburb of Mumbai city. It is also a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Western line. It is the fifth suburb among the Western suburbs. Like many other suburbs and areas of Mumbai, Andheri too is divided into an East and a West section, separated by the railway line.

1 History
2 Current
3 Important places
4 See also

[edit] History

Before 1945, Andheri was administered by a Collector in charge of the "Suburban District". With the creation of Greater Bombay in 1945, the administration was merged with the rest of Mumbai city. Andheri has a population exceeding four million, and as per record is by far the most populous suburb of Mumbai.

One of the oldest residential areas in Andheri is Dhake Colony on Versova Road, Andheri West. The five buildings in the area were built around 1950, and they served as a landmark until recently. The area is now known as D.N. Nagar.

The other old area in Andheri is Bhardawadi. This lane forms a vital link with S.V. Road for the residents of Versova Road. It has been inhabitated for the last ninety years. In the past, there were bungalows on this road; these gave way to buildings, alhough there are still a few old bungalows, which is rare in Mumbai. This lane bustles with the sound of traffic which passes through it to reach S.V. Road.

Contributing to Andheri's history is a popular Ganesha temple, Shree Vanchasiddhi Vinayak Ganesh Mandir, created in 1926.

Andheri West connects to an island, the Versova gaon, also known as Fishing village. This connection wad made in the 1950s by constructing a single lane road surrounded by sea water. The area around this road was later filled to develop areas now known as D.N. Nagar, Four Bungalows, Seven Bungalows, and Dhake Colony among others.

[edit] Current

Holy Family High School, Andheri (East)

Today, Andheri West is largely a residential area, whereas Andheri East is both a commercial and a residential area, including SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronic and Export Promotion Zone), Seepz++, Saki Naka (an industrial area), etc. The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai`s International Airport is in Andheri East. Many Call centre and BPO's are located in Chakala area of Andheri. The east region of Andheri has been in the eye of the World Bank and has great scope for developement in the near future. Andheri (east) contains pockets of attractive residential areas, with quiet, tree-lined streets, easy connectivity to the Western Express Highway, and without the congestion and pepetual traffic jams that afflict most residential areas in suburban Mumbai. The plan of connecting Versova to Ghatkopar(a central suburb) with Metro rail has started doing work for expanding the road for the construction. After the Metro is built which is supposed to be running in 2011 will reduce the travelling time to 20 minutes from the present 1hour 45minute travelling time.

[edit] Important places

In Andheri there is a ancient cave named Mahakali caves which is now in ruined condition but recently it is now a concern for government because peoples blame on government that proper care of caves have not been taken. <
The Vanchasiddhi temple of lord Ganesh is the temple which has the second highest number of devotees everyday after the Siddhivinayak temple in Dadar.
SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronic and Export Promotion Zone) is a very important SEZ(Special Economic zone) in Mumbai. MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) is Zone in whihc SEEPZ is located. MIDC also have a large area in which various small and medium scale industries are located with one of the important software company life Mastek.

[edit] See also

Andheri
Next station south: Vile Parle	Mumbai suburban railway : Western Railway		Next station north: Jogeshwari
	Stop Number:16	KM from starting:21.83

These are the stations on Western line of Mumbai suburban railway

Andheri
Next station south: Vile Parle	Mumbai suburban railway : Central Railway (Harbour Line)			Next station north: n/a
	Stop No:15	KM from starting:?	Platforms:?