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Anushakti Nagar is the residential township of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Directorate of Construction Services and Estate Management, Atomic Energy Education Society in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Anu Shakti means atomic power in Marathi languages. Spread over more than 940 acres, this residential complex for the employees of Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India in Mumbai, is situated in North-east Mumbai. It is claimed to be the largest township (by population) housing employees of a single organisation in the World. Anushaktinagar also claims to be the largest scientific community (in a single area) in the world. It has the largest central library in the continent in Nuclear science and technology. == About == In the early 1960s the government decided to expand the nuclear research (see BARC) facility in (what was then) a distant suburb of Mumbai. The township is about 3 km north of the research centre. Anushakti Nagar is a well planned self-contained community with a population of about 45,000. It has residential flats, local grocery shops, sports and recreation facilities, schools, medical clinics, a large hospital, bank, post office and transport links to many parts of Mumbai. Both the atomic research centre and the town maintenance is funded by the central (federal) government. The complex is sprawling and lies stretched out alongside four suburbs - Govandi, Mankhurd, New Mandala and Trombay. The other facilities include, two community Centres for social occasions and gatherings, various departmental and co-operative stores, 2 restaurants and 2 creches. The electricity to the colony is provided by TATA Power, and the cable (and more recently, cablenet) by ANUSAT club. Anushakti Nagar has 17 high-rises and numerous buildings, that have grades, depending on flat-size, and are allotted on the basis of seniority to DAE employees. The nomenclature of these buildings is unique and one of the best aspects of the colony, with names taken from - Indian Heritage names (Nalanda, Hastinapur, Pataliputra, Indraprastha, Takshashila, Kapilvastu) Rivers (Saraswati, Godavari, Narmada, Saryu, Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Ghaghra, Gomti, Ganga, Yamuna etc.) Himalayan peaks (Kamet, Annapurna, Kanchenjunga, Dhawalgiri , Nandadevi , Gaurishankar, Everest Kamet etc.) Hill-stations (Venkatgiri, Almora, Gulmarg, Mount Abu, Mussoorie etc.), Hill-ranges (Sahyadri, Vindhya, Satpura, Aravalli, Nilgiri etc.) Historical Places (Sanchi, Ajanta, Ellora, Shantiniketan, Sriniketan, Golconda etc.) famous Hindu Pilgrim Places (Kailash, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Dwarka, Sarnath etc.) Great Saints (Meera, Namdev, Jaidev, Ramdas, Tulsidas, Kabir, Tukaram, Chaitanya etc.), Classical Ragas (the Raagmala buildings - Mohana, Deepak, Malhar, Darbari, Ranjani, Lalit, Bhairavi etc.). The Mandala "suburb" of this township has buildings named after seasons (Hemant, Sharad, Shishir Some buildings of New Mandala are named after flowers like Pankaj, Kamal, Champa, Parijat, Gulmohar, Kumud etc.) Recent additions to the high-rises are two new buildings: Udayagiri and Malayagiri, both of which are state of the art, spacious and well designed. Barring the road which connects the main gate with the BARC north gate, no other roads are named. The Central Avenue road which divides Anushakti Nagar roughly into two halves, connects its main entrance with the BARC North Gate. It is a 2+2 lane divided by a green stretch which runs all along. A number of people use the footpaths along this road for a pleasant stroll. Recently, sitting benches have been installed along the Central Avenue and many other roads, creating a very family-friendly atmosphere. Anushakti Nagar can be said to be divided into three parts: * Anushakti Nagar * New Mandala * Western Sector With only about 11% of the 946 acre area concreteised (roads and buildings), it is considered to be one of the "greenest" and better maintained parts of (an otherwise polluted) Mumbai city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anushakti Nagar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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