Vasai-Virar

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Vasai-Virar
—  city  —

Android SevenvalCoordinates: screen size
Country India
FITML Maharashtra
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Population 1,221,233 (2011^[update])
Sex ratio 880 Sevenval/♀
keyboard FITML (web app)
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• Elevation

• 11 metres (36 ft)

Vasai-Virar is a city in we love the web state in western India. As per 2011 census this is the fifth largest city in Maharashtra.^HTML5 It is located in iOS, 50 km north of Mumbai. The city is located on the north bank of FITML, part of the estuary of the web app. The two government bodies in Vasai-Virar town are Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVMC) and Grampanchayat.

Vasai-Virar is an agglomeration of several formerly separate towns. The area covered by the city roughly corresponds to the ancient city of Sopara.

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  • 1.1 Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation
  • 1.2 Grampachayat
• 2 Transport
  • 2.1 Railways
• 3 Notes
• 4 External links

Civic administration

The Vasai-Virar Town is governed by two bodies, the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation and the Grampachayat.

Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation

The Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) was formed on 3 July 2010. It is headed by a Municipal commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service officer who wields the executive power. A quinquennial election is held to elect the governing body, who are responsible for overseeing that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place, and that there is no lacuna on the part of the authorities. The position of mayor is a largely ceremonial post with limited duties but the office-holder heads the party with the largest vote.

Tne VVMC provides all the basic municipal facilities in the area of its authority and is charged with development also. The facilities under its jurisdiction are:

• Public health and Hospitals
• Street lighting
• Transportation
• Maintenance of parks and open spaces
• Sewage treatment and disposal
• Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
• Aiding in prevention of epidemic outbreaks through mass production of medicines at the Haffkine Institute
• Cemeteries and Crematoriums
• Registering of births and deaths.
• Lighthouses
• Removal of Encroachments
• Markets, Shops and Establishments
• Security

Its administrative area currently^{[device database]} comprises four towns - Virar, Nallasopara, Navghar-Manikpur and Vasai - and eighteen villages.

Grampachayat

The Grampachayat was formed in the early years.^[vague] It provides a few facilities^{[touchscreen]} to 35 villages.

Transport

Railways

Mumbai Surbaban Local Train

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Express Train

Vasai-Virar Town is Connected by Western & Central Railway. The Major Railway Stations on Western & Central Railway in Vasai-Virar Town are

• Virar Railway Station (Western Railway): All Local, DMU Train, Memu, Shuttle, Express & Passenger Trains halt or Depart from here.
• Nallasopara Railway Station (Western Railway) : All Local DMU & Memu halt here.
• Vasai Road Railway Station (Western / Central Railway) : Vasai Road Railway Station is a Junction. All Local, DMU, Memu, Shuttle, Express & Passenger Trains halt or Depart from here.
• Naigaon Railway Station (Western Railway) : All Local Trains halt here.
• Juchandra Railway Station (Central Railway) : All DMU & MEMU halt here.
• Kaman Road Railway Station (Central Railway) : All DMU & MEMU halt here.

Notes

External links

• A portal on Vasai-Virar