AMBARPADA (SHAHPUR): The transformation of Shahpur is a learn about against this. The dusty the town on Mumbai-Agra Highway was as soon as an urban backwater surrounded through hamlets, located about 100km from Mumbai. Today, it gifts a bustling sight with motels, educational establishments, and ‘moment home’ housing tasks set amidst the sleepy calm of the semi-arid geographical region.
What’s riding the alternate is connectivity to Mumbai and Nashik which has prepared the ground for, what some locals name, ‘asymmetric’ development. One of the largest talukas in Thane district, Shahpur is an assembly seat within the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Gated communities and villas now co-exist alongside clusters of mud huts. Some of those settlements are within the remote interiors on hillocks 20-30km from the highway. A visit to one such village reveals stark contradictions. Top-end SUVs share house on battered roads with autorickshaws and cycles.
Amaan Shaikh and his wife Fozia, a success IT execs of their 30s, operating for an MNC in Andheri, are part of this changing milieu. When their corporate made up our minds to chop flab, much to their delight, each had been requested to work at home in Kharghar. Initial enthusiasm waned when their health deteriorated. “Gazing at computers for hours took its toll. We saved on cursing the shuttle phase but it surely did stay us are compatible,” says Amaan.
The couple made up our minds to kick their jobs and transfer into a bungalow--their moment home--in Ambarpada in Shahpur last March and notice what existence had to provide. When Shaikh’s pastime for gardening bore fruit, lots of the 250-odd plot holders from the surroundings, who personal flats in south Mumbai, sought his assist to duplicate the luck. Today, the couple makes a dwelling planting and tending to fruit and vegetable gardens.
Shaikh drives round the town in his shiny pink compact SUV with locals who he employs in his trade mission. Asked if he'll vote, Shaikh says he'll take time without work to visit Kharghar on April 29 when Mumbai goes to polls. “We are still not sure if we need to settle here. Life is not as simple as it seems,” he says. His bungalow is a part of a undertaking located on a hillock, from the place rainwater run-off is trapped in tanks; with plot holders expanding, availability of this scarce useful resource is beneath query.
This is identical downside faced through villagers who are living alongside on the hills. Though the four dams surrounding Shahpur quench the thirst of the Mumbai area, its personal population face a water crunch.
Villagers say native MP Kapil Patil is a unprecedented sight here. But the tempo at which inner roads were repaired over the past couple of months means that the management is bent on showing effects.
Youths here don't appear enthused about the polls. But they are in awe of the native MLA, Pandurang Barora of the NCP. “We are glad together with his paintings. But this election won't come to a decision his fate. Fight is between Congress candidate Suresh Taware and BJP’s Kapil Patil. And we are not sure whom to vote,” says one. “Our views issues more all the way through MLA elections,” says every other youth.
“We will assist Modiji transform Prime Minister again. He merits it. I will vote for BJP,” says a shopkeeper near Ambarpada bus forestall.
Dharma Arne runs an unnamed tea stall along the shoddy highway that runs through his village near Changyacha Pada “I used to be born here and this store has been round for the last 40 years. (Kapil) Patil saab doesn’t come here ceaselessly. The native MLA has executed a lot of paintings. Once the street is repaired and is well-maintained like the primary highway, picnickers will flock as soon as again. It will assist my trade.” he says with hope in his eyes. He is non-committal when requested if he'll vote for the Congress.
Not many agree that the influx of urban migrants advantages them. A villager says the native market now caters to the desires of the well-heeled. “We don’t eat green cauliflower (broccoli) which the native shopkeeper sells, most effective the second-home wallahs buy it,” he says. Disparities are as much social and cultural as they are financial, growing faultlines that are published in on a regular basis conversation.
However, some like Vanita Vishe make a choice to have a look at the brighter aspect. “We paintings as maids in these bungalows to earn our livelihood. Men earn a living operating as watchmen, gardeners and motive force,” she says, underlining the issues of unemployment and the opportunities introduced through alternate.
What’s riding the alternate is connectivity to Mumbai and Nashik which has prepared the ground for, what some locals name, ‘asymmetric’ development. One of the largest talukas in Thane district, Shahpur is an assembly seat within the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Gated communities and villas now co-exist alongside clusters of mud huts. Some of those settlements are within the remote interiors on hillocks 20-30km from the highway. A visit to one such village reveals stark contradictions. Top-end SUVs share house on battered roads with autorickshaws and cycles.
Amaan Shaikh and his wife Fozia, a success IT execs of their 30s, operating for an MNC in Andheri, are part of this changing milieu. When their corporate made up our minds to chop flab, much to their delight, each had been requested to work at home in Kharghar. Initial enthusiasm waned when their health deteriorated. “Gazing at computers for hours took its toll. We saved on cursing the shuttle phase but it surely did stay us are compatible,” says Amaan.
The couple made up our minds to kick their jobs and transfer into a bungalow--their moment home--in Ambarpada in Shahpur last March and notice what existence had to provide. When Shaikh’s pastime for gardening bore fruit, lots of the 250-odd plot holders from the surroundings, who personal flats in south Mumbai, sought his assist to duplicate the luck. Today, the couple makes a dwelling planting and tending to fruit and vegetable gardens.
Shaikh drives round the town in his shiny pink compact SUV with locals who he employs in his trade mission. Asked if he'll vote, Shaikh says he'll take time without work to visit Kharghar on April 29 when Mumbai goes to polls. “We are still not sure if we need to settle here. Life is not as simple as it seems,” he says. His bungalow is a part of a undertaking located on a hillock, from the place rainwater run-off is trapped in tanks; with plot holders expanding, availability of this scarce useful resource is beneath query.
This is identical downside faced through villagers who are living alongside on the hills. Though the four dams surrounding Shahpur quench the thirst of the Mumbai area, its personal population face a water crunch.
Villagers say native MP Kapil Patil is a unprecedented sight here. But the tempo at which inner roads were repaired over the past couple of months means that the management is bent on showing effects.
Youths here don't appear enthused about the polls. But they are in awe of the native MLA, Pandurang Barora of the NCP. “We are glad together with his paintings. But this election won't come to a decision his fate. Fight is between Congress candidate Suresh Taware and BJP’s Kapil Patil. And we are not sure whom to vote,” says one. “Our views issues more all the way through MLA elections,” says every other youth.
“We will assist Modiji transform Prime Minister again. He merits it. I will vote for BJP,” says a shopkeeper near Ambarpada bus forestall.
Dharma Arne runs an unnamed tea stall along the shoddy highway that runs through his village near Changyacha Pada “I used to be born here and this store has been round for the last 40 years. (Kapil) Patil saab doesn’t come here ceaselessly. The native MLA has executed a lot of paintings. Once the street is repaired and is well-maintained like the primary highway, picnickers will flock as soon as again. It will assist my trade.” he says with hope in his eyes. He is non-committal when requested if he'll vote for the Congress.
Not many agree that the influx of urban migrants advantages them. A villager says the native market now caters to the desires of the well-heeled. “We don’t eat green cauliflower (broccoli) which the native shopkeeper sells, most effective the second-home wallahs buy it,” he says. Disparities are as much social and cultural as they are financial, growing faultlines that are published in on a regular basis conversation.
However, some like Vanita Vishe make a choice to have a look at the brighter aspect. “We paintings as maids in these bungalows to earn our livelihood. Men earn a living operating as watchmen, gardeners and motive force,” she says, underlining the issues of unemployment and the opportunities introduced through alternate.
A dusty town where urban influx is a major issue
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April 17, 2019
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