Mankhurd

Suburb in Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra, India

19°03′N 72°56′E / 19.05°N 72.93°E / 19.05; 72.93CountryIndiaStateMaharashtraDistrictMumbai SuburbanCityMumbaiZone5WardMGovernment

• TypeMunicipal Corporation • BodyBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (MCGM) • M.L.AAbu Azmi
Samajwadi Party (since 2014) • M.P.Manoj Kotak
BJP (since 2019)Population

• Total674,850DemonymMankhurdakarBombaiya Hindi

• OfficialMarathiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)Area code022

Mankhurd (Pronunciation: [maːnkʰuɾd̪(ə)]) is a suburb in eastern Mumbai, Maharashtra. Mankhurd railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Geography

The Mankhurd suburb is part of and the easternmost boundary of the municipal ward M-East.^[1]

Schools

Kendriya Vidyalaya Mankhurd
GOOD SHEPHERD ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL
Mohite Patil vidyalaya Mankhurd
Sai vidyalaya Mankhurd
Nutan VidyaMandir,Mankhurd.
Padua High School

Government institutions

The Navjivan Sudhar Kendra (aka Navjivan Mahila Vustigruh) is a shelter for rescued women (women rescued by the police during raids in bars and brothels). The inmates are sheltered here pending the resolution of their respective cases in civil and criminal courts. This institution has been in the news recently when 17 inmates escaped from the shelter.^[2] In the subsequent investigation by both government and media agencies, the administration of the shelter has been thoroughly criticised. A report by a Mumbai High Court-appointed committee calls it "a living hell".^[3]

References

^ "BMC Ward Information". Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
^ Narayan, V (12 September 2012). "Mankhurd home escape shows security lapse". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ "A Living Hell". DNA Mumbai.