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Anandashram, Matunga
The Dadar-Matunga Street Scheme, which was notified in 1899, contemplated laying out plots systematically on the land to the north of the Island City, which were primarily rice fields. (1/9)
The Dadar-Matunga Street Scheme, which was notified in 1899, contemplated laying out plots systematically on the land to the north of the Island City, which were primarily rice fields. (1/9)
The space that was laid out in grids, with a complete network of roads and easy accessibility to the tramway and railway stations, was demarcated as "residential". (2/9)
The scheme, which originally ensured private plots for bungalows and villas with their own gardens, had to be reworked as an increasing number of people migrated to the suburbs, creating a housing scarcity. (3/9)
