The name Ambarnath literally means Lord of the sky. Once a beautiful and peaceful town.
On the east lies the site of a very old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, dating back, to 10th century. The entire east once a beautifully laid out, with well planned residential societies and roads. Today unplanned development is taking its toll with bad road and drainage management. There is scarcely any open space or gardens left in the east. The citizens mostly middle class couldn’t care much.
The west used to have some of the best industries, the Indian Ordnance Factory and Machine Tool Prototype Factory are still there but their once beautiful residential area is on the verge of collapse and decay. There are barely any residents, most of them shifting out of the colony. The officer’s quarters are the only place where one can spot some activity. The old Wimco colony doesn’t exist any more and the once famous Wimco sports ground is used as an open bar in the nights. All the great companies of the past have shut down their operations, sold their assets and packed off, leaving local conservationist aghast. A lot of new industries now run in the various MIDC zones and cheap labour is supplied from the town thus adding pressure for low cost houses or rather illegal hutments and chawls.
\Ambarnath does not have any transport system and they are at the mercy of the autorikshaw drivers who charge according to their whims and fancy. None of the autos run on meters and the sharing autos are allowed to carry 5 passengers each. Internal bus service was inaugurated with a lot of fanfare and bus stops erected but the corrupt will not allow these are filled.
Drinking water is supplied from the local dams by the Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran. Some areas in the East get their water from the MIDC Barvi dam supplied by the Municipal council, and the residents are paying the highest price for water inIndia
The roads are pathetic to say the least and come rain or sunshine they always remain that way, the local politicians couldn’t care much.
On the east lies the site of a very old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, dating back, to 10th century. The entire east once a beautifully laid out, with well planned residential societies and roads. Today unplanned development is taking its toll with bad road and drainage management. There is scarcely any open space or gardens left in the east. The citizens mostly middle class couldn’t care much.
The west used to have some of the best industries, the Indian Ordnance Factory and Machine Tool Prototype Factory are still there but their once beautiful residential area is on the verge of collapse and decay. There are barely any residents, most of them shifting out of the colony. The officer’s quarters are the only place where one can spot some activity. The old Wimco colony doesn’t exist any more and the once famous Wimco sports ground is used as an open bar in the nights. All the great companies of the past have shut down their operations, sold their assets and packed off, leaving local conservationist aghast. A lot of new industries now run in the various MIDC zones and cheap labour is supplied from the town thus adding pressure for low cost houses or rather illegal hutments and chawls.
\Ambarnath does not have any transport system and they are at the mercy of the autorikshaw drivers who charge according to their whims and fancy. None of the autos run on meters and the sharing autos are allowed to carry 5 passengers each. Internal bus service was inaugurated with a lot of fanfare and bus stops erected but the corrupt will not allow these are filled.
Drinking water is supplied from the local dams by the Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran. Some areas in the East get their water from the MIDC Barvi dam supplied by the Municipal council, and the residents are paying the highest price for water in
The roads are pathetic to say the least and come rain or sunshine they always remain that way, the local politicians couldn’t care much.
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