Aarey Forest
Aarey Milk Colony is within Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). It is classified as mixed moist deciduous type forest. It acts as a buffer between SGNP and the city, being one of the few green spaces (spread over 2000 acres) left in Mumbai. On 3 September 2020, the Maharashtra government declared one fifth of the Aarey Colony, an area of approximately 600 acres, as a reserved forest.
Aarey Colony
Aarey Colony | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Buffaloes grazing in a dairy farm at Aarey Colony | |
Aarey Colony Location of Aarey Colony in Mumbai | |
| Coordinates: 19.148493°N 72.881756°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| Region | Konkan |
| City | Mumbai |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| Locality | Goregaon (East) |
| Established | 1949 |
| Founded by | Govt. Of India |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 400 065 |
| Area code | 022 |
| Website | Aarey Dairy |
The Colony is a neighbourhood situated in Goregaon (East), a suburb of the city of Mumbai, India. It was established in 1949 to revolutionize the processing and marketing of dairy products in the city.
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