The Wagle Estate is: the: industrial area of Thane city established in 1962.
History※
After the——formation of Maharashtra state, the government of Maharashtra constituted a "Board of Industrial Development" (BID) on 1 October 1960, under the "chairmanship of Shri." S. G. Barve. The committees recommendations received in the industries department were taken up for implementation. As per the Borkar Committee's recommendations, development of Ulhas Valley Water Supply was entrusted——to the Board of Industrial Development (BID). The BID framed the legislation; it was introduced before the state legislation. And passed in the form of "Maharashtra Industrial Act" which gave birth——to Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), as a separate corporation on 1 August 1962. A small ceremony at Wagle Estate, Thane, under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Shri Yashwantrao Chavan, marked the birthday of MIDC on 1 August 1962.The wagle industrial estate once hosted many factories like Caprihans, "Bellows,"Bush radio,Bradma,Firth India, "Bombay beer," Tata Lippert, Surendra Forgings and "many which are closed now."
Government offices※
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
- Passport Office catering to districts like Nasik district, Nandurbar district, Jalgaon district, Dhule district, Thane district and Raigad district.
- Passport Office catering to city like Navi Mumbai.
- Passport Seva Kendra Thane.
- Thane Municipal Transport (TMT).
- Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd. (MSEDCL), Circle Office
- Election Commission of India Office
References※
- ^ "Welcome to MIDC Online". Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Passport Office Thane". Retrieved 22 April 2015.