Maharashtra Urban Development Department issued a preliminary notification for the re-inclusion of 14 villages of Thane district in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) jurisdiction.
In March, the then Urban Development Minister and current Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced in the State Assembly while replying to a calling attention motion for re-inclusion of 14 villages, and instructed the officials concerned to study the legal aspects, as it would pave the way for the development of those villages.
The villages which will be brought under the NMMC limits are Dahisar, Dahisar Mori, Mokashi Pada, Nighu, Bambali, Valivali, Narivali, Pimpri, Nagaon, Vakalan, Bale, Bhandarli, Uttarshiv and Ghoteghar in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
