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Shil Phata, India

Shil Phata
Shil Phata is located in Mumbai
Shil Phata
Shil Phata
Coordinates: 19°08′45″N 73°02′36″E / 19.145898°N 73.043361°E / 19.145898; 73.043361Coordinates: 19°08′45″N 73°02′36″E / 19.145898°N 73.043361°E / 19.145898; 73.043361
Country India
State Maharashtra
District Thane
Region Mumbai MMR
Languages
 • Official Marathi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 022 [MTNL Mumbai]
Vehicle registration MH-04 [Thane RTO]

Shil Phata is an area about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Mumbra, in the Thane district of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Shil Phata is located east of Parsik Hills on the old Mumbai-Pune Road (National Highway 4).

It was the site of the 2013 Thane building collapse that occurred on 4 April 2013. 72 people were killed and dozens injured in the collapse of an illegal building. Shil Phata was one of the locales within the Thane District where illegal buildings were demolished in 2010. In total more than 300 buildings were razed.

The Mumbra Railway station is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Shil Phata in Mumbra.

Bus service was started in 2010 through Mumbra-Shilphata bus service, but may no longer be in operation. Shil Phata is a proposed route on the Mumbai Monorail line between Mahape and Kalyan.


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