CHEMBUR

Chembur, a suburb in the Indian city of Mumbai, is just 15km from the downtown. It's closeness to the downtown and Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport just 10km from here makes it a good place to live and an upmarket residential locality preferred by most people. Chembur constituted Agari villages like Ghatla village, Mahul Village, Gavanpada, and Amanda, etc. It once served as a site for refugee camps after partition later on the Bombay housing board along with other township colonies led to its transformation from an industrial dormitory to a residential one. The harbor line of Mumbai, suburb railway network, has a station in Chembur. Trains for Mumbai CST, Andheri and Panvel run throughout the day. Mumbai monorail also has a terminus at Chembur. Chembur's public transport consists of rapid transit like auto rickshaws, taxis, and BEST buses. Chembur is well connected to roads like Mumbai-Pune Highway, Eastern freeway, and SCCL road. V N Purav Marg, R C Marg, Dayanand Saraswati math and Station Avenue Road are the jugular roads of Chembur. Inorbit Mall, fashion Street and Crawford market are some popular shopping destinations here. From street markets to glitzy shops, Chembur has a rich scattered collection of markets with a boardwalk of irresistible food stalls and restaurants. Besides that, it is also a hub of retail industry and some IT and software companies.