Aarey Colony
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Aarey Milk Colony आरे दूध वसाहत Aarey Colony (आरे वसाहत) |
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Buffaloes grazing in a dairy farm at Aarey
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 Aarey Milk Colony
Location of Aarey Colony in Mumbai
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| Coordinates: 19°08′55″N 72°52′54″E / 19.148493°N 72.881756°ECoordinates: 19°08′55″N 72°52′54″E / 19.148493°N 72.881756°E | |
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 India
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| State | Maharashtra |
| Region | Konkan |
| Metropolis | Mumbai |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| Locality | Goregaon (East) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Founded by | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 400 065 |
| Website | Aarey Dairy |
The Aarey Milk Colony (also Aarey Colony) is a neighbourhood situated in Goregaon (East), a suburb of the city of Mumbai, India. It was established in 1949 to revolutionize the processing and marketing of dairy products in the city.
Aarey Milk Colony at Goregaon (East) was established in 1949 and in 1951 the dairy at Aarey was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
The colony was the vision of Mr Dara Khurody, a pioneer of dairy sector who shared the '1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award' with Dr Verghese Kurien for revolutionizing the processing and marketing of milk in Mumbai.
Aarey Milk Colony includes 12 villages: Sai, Gundgav, Film City, Royal Palms, Dindoshi (Eksar Pahad), Aarey, Pahadi Goregaon, Vyraval, Kondivita, Maroshi (Marol), Parjapur, and Paspoli. In 1977, around 200 ha (490 acres) of land was carved out from Aarey village to establish Film City. The colony is spread over 16 km2 (6 sq mi) and is located off the Western Express Highway (WEH). Among the popular attractions in Aarey are Chhota Kashmir with a lake and a picnic spot.
The colony also has gardens, a nursery, lakes, an observation pavilion, picnic facilities, and milk plants. 16,000 cattle are reared on 1,287 ha (3,180 acres) of land, and 32 cattle farms. The management of all these is outsourced to a private firm every two years. Film City is frequently used for movie shoots.
There is a road within the colony built by the Maharashtra Public Works Department that connects the WEH to Powai. The Aarey Colony administration earlier collected toll from the users of the road. In 2014, the MCGM took over the road and ended the collection of the toll. It is also the location of the proposed carshed and depot for Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro.
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