Borivali-Padgha is a twin Village in Bhiwandi Taluka in Thane District of Maharashtra State, India. It belongs to Konkan region. It is located 35 km towards East from District Thane. It is 18 km from textile manufacturing city Bhiwandi, 23 km from Railway Junction Kalyan, 35 km district headquarters Thane and 59 km from Maharashtra State capital Mumbai.
Borivali-Padgha
Padghe | |
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village | |
  Borivali-Padgha Location in Maharashtra, India  Borivali-Padgha Borivali-Padgha (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°22′12″N 73°10′32″E / 19.3700971°N 73.1755871°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Thane |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gram Panchayat |
| Population | |
• Total | Approximately 15,000 |
| Time zone | UTC 5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 421101 |
| Vehicle registration | Thane MH - 04 |
| Literacy | 85[1]% |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bhiwandi (Gramin) |
Borivali-Padgha Pin code is 421101 and postal head office is in Padgha. The villages are located at NH3. The villages are surrounded by the slopes of Mahuli Hills.
Kurund 2 km, Devli 2 km, Rahur 3 km, Dohle Taloli & Sape 4 km, Khadavli 6 km and Raya 8 km are the nearby villages. The nearest Railway station is Khadavli which is 6 km far and situated in the Central Railway Asangaon Kasara Railway Line. The nearest International Airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport which is 53 km far.
Borivali Village has 90% Kokani Muslim population and remaining are Buddhist and Adivasi. The Padgha village has 80% Hindu and remaining are Buddhist and Muslims.[2] The terminus station of the eponymous Chandrapur–Padghe HVDC transmission system or which is also called as MSEB is located there.[3]
5 of its citizens were accused of carrying out the 2002 bus bombings and March 2003 bomb blasts in Mumbai.
In December 2023, 15 people from Borivali-Padgha were arrested by the National Investigative Agency for allegedly supporting and conducting activities for ISIS.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Kolhatkar, Neeta (10 August 2008). "Village near city smarts under its terror tag". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Rangnekar, Prashant (4 August 2008). "For some yrs now, these villages have learnt to live under intelligence scanner". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Adhikari, T., Isacsson, G., Ambekar, V.D., The Chandrapur-Padghe HVDC Bipole Transmission, CIGRÉ Symposium on HVDC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 1999.
- ^ "Padgha first case of 'liberated' IS land in India: NIA". The Times of India. 10 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Padgha dad-son, 2 siblings among 15 arrested by NIA". The Times of India. 11 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 December 2023.