1. SIR J. J. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
TOWN PLANNING: EASTERN WATERFRONT
FOURTH YEAR B. ARCH
2009-10

2. The open finger profile bunders of Mazgaon reclamation estate [darukhana] were built in the
nineteenth century for maritime trade in wood and coal from neighboring states but have lost
their relevance in the present economy. Parts of these areas have been replaced by wholesale
iron and steel storage and large chunk of bunders have been encroached upon. In spite of the
steel markets having officially shifted to kalamboli in navi Mumbai, they continue to exist in this
district. Ship breaking activity, which is environmentally hazardous, is also conducted in this
estate.
Reay Road, named after Lord Reay, who was the Governor of Bombay between
1885 and 1890, is a railway station on the Central Railway (Harbour Line) of
the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

4. SHIP BREAKING
SHIP BREAKING, AS
WELL AS MINOR
REPAIR WORKS OF
SHIPS ARE CARRIED
OUT HERE. THIS
ACTIVITY IS
ECOLOGICALLY
DAMAGING.

5. SCRAP METAL AND RELATED
INDUSTRIES
• SCRAP METAL GENERATED IS PROCESSED
STORED AS WELL AS SOLD HERE.
• PEOPLE RELATED TO THIS ACTIVITY LIVE
ON THE UPPER STOREY OF THE
WORKSHOPS.
• THESE SETTLEMENTS ARE INFORMAL
AND ARE ENCROACHMENTS UPON BPT
LAND, WHICH HAD BEEN ON SHORT
TERM LEASE.

6. SERVICES FOR
SETTLEMENTS
INFORMAL
SETTLEMENTS