RIAGAD DISTRICT, Maharashtra

Raigad district also known as Raigarh District, is a district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Konkan region.

The district is bounded by Mumbai harbor to the northwest, Thane district to the north, Pune district to the east, Ratnagiri district to the south, and the Arabian sea to the west. Part of the district is included in the planned metropolis of Navi- Mumbai, and its port, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

The district Raigad is a part of west coast of Arabian Sea. It has approximately 240 km coast in the west. The total area of the district is 7,148 km. most of land (60%) comprises of hills and valleys (1950 sq. kms. approximately). The total area comprises only plain is 187 sq. kms. The total area comprising only hills are 4561 sq. kms.

The places which fall into this category are – Alibag, Uran, Panvel, Karjat, Khalapur, Mahad, Sudhagad, Roha, Pen, Mangaon, Mahsala, Srivardhan, Murud, and Poladpur.

MIDC

The industril development of Riagad district ghas really catalyzed when in 1970 the industrial had been banned in Mumbai Metropolitan. The MIDC has developed the full-facilitated industrial estates at Patalganga, Roha and Mahad. Mainly chemical industries established in these industrial estates.

There are four major industrial Estates developed by MIDC namely MIDC Patalganga, MIDC Dhatav- Roha, MIDC Vile-Bagad and MIDC Mahad.

There are about 915 Nos. of industrials in Raigad Region. Out of which 336 Nos. falls under RED Category, 202 orange category and remaining falls under green category.


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