The Creation of New Bombay
The need for urban development on the mainland across from Bombay Island was first officially recommended in the 1940s. In 1945, a Post-war development committee suggested that areas should be developed on the mainland on the opposite side of the harbour to contain the future growth of the city. In 1947, N. V. Modak and Albert Mayer published their plan, stressing on controlled development of the city, suburbs, and its satellite towns like Thane, Bassein, and Uran. In March 1964, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay submitted its development plan for Greater Bombay, which was criticized for various reasons, but approved in 1967. By that time, another plan had been developed by two of Bombay's leading architects Charles Correa and Pravin Mehta, and an engineer Shirish Patel. They suggested that a "twin city" of equal size and prominence to Greater Bombay, would only be able to solve the city's congestion problems. Thus, the idea of the creation of New Bombay was born.
The proposed site for New Bombay covered an area of 344 km2 (133 sq mi), integrating 95 villages spread over the districts of Thane and Raigad.
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