Gentrification in the mill land areas of Mumbai city - RC21 ORG ...

Hindustan Spg & Wvg Mills 3 & Process House, Mafatlal Mills Unit Nos. 3, Matulya Mills,
Phoenix mill, Piramal Spg & Wvg Mills, Raghuvanshi Mills, Shreeram Mills, Srinivas Mills,
Standard Mills No.1 (Prabhadevi) and Victoria Mills. Among these mills the first eight mills
were under the ownership of National Textile Corporation and the rest were under Mill
Owners Association (Status as of September 2006) (Compiled by Ghag, 2006:74-75). Other
than these mills there were some other textile mills also like Mathuradas Mill, Sun Mill and
Dhanraj Mill which were supposed to be much older than the above mills. On the western
side of the Tulsi Pipe Line presently known as Senapati Bapat Marg, few winding lanes
merge to Sitaram Yadav Marg. The neighbourhood along the Sitaram Yadav Marg with old
dilapidated half wooden clingy chawls with small shops on the ground floor on both the sides
of the road with criss crossing by lanes portray the story of the bygone days. The darkness of
the 10/12 square feet room and hundred years old structure at Sitaram Yadav Marg narrates
the history of the textile mill workers who are the original inhabitants of this area. From the
early morning till late evening the busy and the faineant pedestrians bring life to this place.
The informal daily market at one end of the road merges to the Lower Parel Station and N.M
Joshi Marg. The other end meets the Senapati Bapat Marg.