Kopar Khairane

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
type=city
metro= Mumbai
state_name = Maharashtra
native_name = Kopar Khairane
latd=19|latm=6|lats=11
longd=73|longm=0|longs=38
altitude=
district = Navi Mumbai
assembly_const = Kopar Khairane
population_total = 100,000
locator_position = left
map_caption = Navi Mumbai

Kopar Khairane is a node of the city of Navi Mumbai. It was built mostly on reclaimed land by CIDCO. Three engineering degree colleges (LTCOE, ACPE (now shifted to Kharghar), Smt. Indira Gandhi College of Engineering) and one engineering diploma college are located in Koparkhairane. It is adequately connected by bus to Mumbai and other Navi Mumbai nodes.

Kopar Khairane Railway Station

Koparkhairane is the fourth railway station on the Thane-Turbhe-Nerul/Vashi Railway Line which was commissioned on 9th November 2004.It is situated at a distance of 12 km from Thane railway station and 7 km from Vashi railway station.

The railway station is located in Sector 8A of the node. It is accessible from both the Thane-Belapur Road on the eastern side and the Kopar Khairane node on the western side.On the Thane-Belapur Road side of the station is located the enormous Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge Center City (DAKC), the headquarters of Reliance Communications - the largest CDMA telecom operator in India.

Also located closely is Millennium Business Park (MBP) which houses software consulting companies such as Patni Computer Systems, Mastek Ltd, L&T Infotech, L&T Control & Automation Unit, 3Di Systems, Hexaware, etc.

As of 2005, there were twelve services a day on this rail line in either direction. They are proposed to be expanded in future.Currently (since OCT 2006) there are 17 services on either side from Vashi and Thane. It takes less than twenty minutes to reach Thane.

There is an upcoming demand for a new bridge over the Thane creek from Koparkhairane to Kannamwar Nagar in Vikroli, Mumbai off the eastern express highway so as to connect the eastern subursbs of Mumbai. This will establish a much desired third bridge linking Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

As in the rest of Navi Mumbai, the real estate prices in Koparkhairane have sky rocketed. One factor that has ostensibly led to this is the announcement by Reliance Industries that it is going to build the biggest corporate house in the world here. This corporate house would be located in the huge tract of land in Koperkhairane and Ghansoli.

The current rates as on 1st July 2008 range between Rs.4000 to 5000 per square feet for residential properties.

External Link

* [http://vtalk2.com/ Navi Mumbai Community Website]