Sewri

Sewri is a suburb of South Mumbai. It is also the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway.

Sewri (pronounced as Shivdi) was a small hamlet on the eastern shore of the Parel island, one of the original seven islands that formed Mumbai. Sewri has a fort that dates back to 1770. The Agri-Horticultural Society had established gardens at Sewri, which were acquired in 1865 by Arthur Crawford, then the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, for building a European cemetery. Large parts of Sewri belong to the Bombay Port Trust and were incorporated into the harbour facilities. In 1996, the mangrove swamps of Sewri were declared a protected ecology. Flamingoes from other parts of India come to these mangroves to breed. They arrive at the mudflats from the months of October to March every year. These mudflats are near the Sewri jetty which is around 20 mins walk from the station.

The famous Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road (RAK marg) which consist of four adjacent roads initiates at Sewri. The road which ends at Maheswari Udhyan (Matunga) near King's Circle station starts from the Sewri Station. Fatima High School can be found at the beginning of the RAK road.

On coming out of the station towards the east end, there are a number of gusto industrial units especially of Petrochemical industries. On the west side, there are a number of well known housing societies like SEWRI koliwada,BDD Chawls,Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Gulmohar Society, Labour Camp and Bhatwadi. The market area is called "Sewri Naka". Since it is situated in central Mumbai, it is quite conveniently located and is at equal distance from both North Mumbai and South Mumbai.

In the recent years a lot of construction activity has been taking place in this area due to opening up of mill lands and the Mumbai Port Trust area. A trans-harbour link from Sewri to Nhava Sheva (Sewri-Nhava Sheva transharbour link) is due to come up in this area.

The largest Christian cemetery in Mumbai, the Sewri Christian Cemetery, is located here.