Where is powai in mumbai

Top Searches Mumbai News. Maharashtra Covid Cases. Mumbai Rape Case. Nawab Malik. Ram Mandir Bridge Mumbai. Covid Vaccination in Maharashtra. CoWin vaccine registration. This story is from February 22, It is hard to conceive that what was a hilly outcrop at the southern tip of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park barely 25 years ago, is now an upscale business-cum-residential enclave and home to a leading startup hub. The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay , established in and currently the second oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology as well as the National Institute of Industrial Engineering , established in are both located here, as is a campus of the Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai.

As a result of the mixture of various communities living together, the suburb has one of the city's most cosmopolitan and modernized cultures. The place has a vibrant night-life, and shoots for several Bollywood as well as Hollywood movies, such as Kalyug , Ghajini , Slumdog Millionaire etc. The Hiranandani Gardens are also known for their neo classical architectural style, and the area boasts of having some of the tallest residential buildings in suburban Mumbai. The word Powai is thought to have possibly been derived from the word Poumw , a corrupted form of Pouma which means Padma in Sanskrit.

The present location of Powai Lake is believed to have been the original Powai Valley—a central village, with several clusters of huts each having its own well. The authorities during the British regime intended to augment the water supply to Bombay City by creating a lake, and in Powai Lake was built by the British at an initial cost of Rs 6. At the time, Powai lake supplied two million gallons of water to Bombay. However, the nearby Vihar Lake became a more viable option due to the fact that the authorities found that the waters of the Powai lake polluted and unfit for drinking.

Various studies were conducted which repeatedly confirmed these findings till finally the project was abandoned. Powai Lake was then leased out to the Western India Fishing Association, a quasi government organization who used it for both fish culture and angling. In , four years before India's independence, the freedom fighter Chandrabhan Sharma arrived in Mumbai and happened to lease and subsequently buy Powai Estate from Sir Yusuf, the then owner, for a paltry sum. The Prime Minister , Jawaharlal Nehru , personally visited the area and during a meeting, Chandrabhan Sharma motivated him to give the land free of cost for this purpose.

As a result, vast tracts of land were leased to him by Mr. Sharma to set up what would become Larsen and Toubro. Powai's modernisation started with Mr. Sharma's construction business in under the flagship of GHP Corporation.

Prashant Apts was the first modern building to come up in Powai, followed by the floor Bhawani Tower. After , the Hiranandani builders obtained permission from the government to convert this agricultural land to residential complex. Today, the prevalence of amenities such as shopping malls, hospitals, schools and educational institutions like the IIT and NITIE, entertainment hubs, banks and other financial institutions have all contributed to Powai becoming an ideal residential destination.

Powai is a part of the Mumbai Suburban District, located in the north-eastern region of what is today considered to be the modern Mumbai metropolis. Administratively, it is a part of the Kurla tehsil and much of the area falls within the boundaries of the S-ward , the largest ward in Mumbai.

The privately run Dr. Hiranandani Hospital, located within the Hiranandani residential complex, is the first superspeciality hospital in the area.