18°57′37″N 72°48′28″E / 18.9603167°N 72.8076643°E Hughes Road or N. S. Patkar Marg is an arterial road in South Mumbai linking Opera House with Kemps Corner. It is flanked by Hanging Gardens of Mumbai and the Towers of Silence on one side and the Porsche showroom, Augustus Villa 21 Hughes road, New Era School, RTI and Westside on the other. It is close to the Arabian Sea.
The road was named after Sir Walter Hughes, who served as the inaugural chairman of the Bombay Improvement Trust. The Trust was responsible for developing the New Gamdevi area as a model suburb when the arterial road was inaugurated in 1908. It was later renamed after N. S. Patkar.[who?]
Future Development
editFuture projects include the creation of two towers that will be used for commercial and residential purposes.[1]
References
edit- ↑ Babar, Kailash. "Radius Developers, Rohan Lifespaces in JV for SoBo's Hughes Road project". The Economic Times. The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
External links
edit- Hannon, Elliot. "Vanishing Vultures A Grave Matter For India's Parsis". NPR. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- Anand, Nikhil (2006). "Disconnecting Experience: Making World-Class Roads in Mumbai". Economic and Political Weekly. 41 (31): 3422–3429. JSTOR 4418535.
- "Mumbai Directions". DistancesFrom.in. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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