Sunder Nagar

Sunder Nagar is a small area lying within the suburban region of Malad–Goregaon in Mumbai, India. It lies in west of the arterial Swami Vivekanand Road and is mostly a residential neighbourhood. It was built up in the 1970s during the city's population and construction boom. The name ''Sunder Nagar'' means "beautiful place" in Hindi. There was a community called "Vijaykar Wadi" before 1970 and its name was changed to "Sunder Nagar". "Wadi" means group of trees, there were many "Mango" and "Chikoo" trees in the area, still some can be seen in the park maintained by "The Sunder Nagar Welfare Association". However, recently the garden is in bad shape and the management is poor and entire main road is encroached by hawkers.

The area is also known for having a number of educational institutes. The schools contained in this area include Infant Jesus School, Umedbhai Patel English School along with international schools such as DG Khetan International School and Mainadevi Bajaj International School. Colleges contained in this area include Dalmia College and Saraf College. The area also encompasses a few parks to the south such as Jogger's Park and BMC Park. The most visited area in this place is the Sunder Nagar Garden which is now meeting point of love birds from nearby areas. The garden has illegal food court which is covered by a shed and has the board of BJP leader Vidhya Thakur. On many occasion MCGM/ police has also acted against those who are occupying and doing cooking activity illegally. The caretaker SNRWA has now auctioned the playground area meant for local residents to third party and many residents are raising the issue. They claim that SNRWA violates law, did not hold last 2 AGM a per law and the team gave sham audit and balance sheet which was not cleared in AGM. Then MC called SGM after two months and notices of meetings were not given to members. One Mr. Alkesh Rathod is now raising all issues against the mismanagement. Intact it is informed that who ever speaks against MC are threatened with arrest to breaking legs. Residents say that there are multiple organisations like SNRWA to Shakti Sangh and some youth federation and 21st Century NGO all trying to get some land control and the residents are unhappy. SNRWA is led by Subhas Saboo who claims that he has good connects with MLA Aslam Sheikh, police, municipality etc.

The residents are mostly Gujaratis - Hindus as well as Muslims. A small Sikh community is centred on a small Gurudwara and there is even a Jain temple. It has a Shankar temple and is at walkable distance from Chincholi Balaji temple. There is a huge upper middle class and upper class Gujarati, Marwari community in and around Sunder Nagar, consisting mainly of businessmen and businesswomen. About 80% of the population of Sunder Nagar are Hindus, the rest mainly Muslim. There are several bakeries and Dairy shops. There are almost all banks within a km radius of Sunder Nagar including private, nationalised and cooperative Banks. Sunder Nagar has buildings named by English alphabet and are merely in alphabetical order. The most populated building is P Unit while the least populated is M unit. New projects have come in this area to cater to the upmarket lifestyle of Sundar Nagar's residents, which include Triumph Swastik (with two podiums and highest floor to floor height), Serene Towers, Saptaratna Towers. Main road in this area is Sunder Nagar Road which is directly perpendicular to SV Road through the Vadapav seller port ''Jumboking''.

Sunder Nagar is an area near to Chincholi Bunder, Veena Nagar, Udyog Nagar, Pawan Baug and Mahesh Nagar. The place is a very serene area with very high traffic. Sunder Nagar is about 10 min by drive from both its near railway stations- Malad and Goregaon and also Link Road and even Highway. Sunder Nagar has many Medical, Departmental and food stalls like Rajasthan Medical, Swastik Supermarket, Popular Stores and Jumboking. It is also hardly a 10 min drive from Inorbit Mall, 15 min drive from Oberoi Mall and even Infinity Mall, given that you live near the garden. This makes Sunder Nagar a very well-connected area and one of the premium locations of Malad West and Goregaon West.

Some of the prominent residents or ex residents include big time investors like Mukul Agarwal and Singhania. Prominent face includes Advocate Siddharth Murarka whose is a well known Advocate of Supreme Court of India and is a very prominent personality of Malad West and very popular in Marwari groups and Goregaon Sports Club. His office is often referred to as Law factory because of quantum of lawyers who have interned or worked under him.

Sunder Nagar has flat size ranging between 400 so. Ft to around 1600 sq. Ft. and has almost all facilities within 2 kilometers radius ans can be called a complete township.

Climate

Sunder Nagar has been ranked 10th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.{{Cite web , date=7 September 2024 , title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 , url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf , website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024

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Neighbourhoods in Mumbai