on the western side of the Mumbai-Bangalore National Highway and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. New Panvel is divided in two parts – New Panvel East and New Panvel West, later called as Khanda Colony. They have 23 and 19 sectors respectively. New Panvel is just adjacent to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. A Reliance SEZ is also coming up in the vicinity. It has a number of schools, colleges and hospitals to meet the needs of its residents. development and maintenance in two parts – New Panvel East and New Panvel West, later called as Khanda Colony. They have 23 and 19 sectors respectively. Industries Panvel is surrounded by some major Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) managed regions like Patalganga, Taloja, Nagothane, Roha, Bhiwandi and Khopoli. Some of the Indian industry majors like Larsen & Toubro, Reliance, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited, ONGC, IPCL are based around Panvel providing mass employment. The JNPT port is also located near Panvel. New SEZ declared by government are coming around Panvel. Tourism in Panvel A number of tourism spots are located near Panvel. Khandeshwar park around the Khandeshwar Mahadev mandir and the Khandeshwar lake. The Karnala fort and Karnala Bird Sanctuary. Karnala is located around 65 km away from Mumbai, 120 km away from Pune and 13 km away from Panvel. The sanctuary is 25m above sea level while the fort itself is 370m above sea level. The Bet El Synagogue. The only one in Panvel which is one of the most well known religious place around where both Jews and Non-Jews can visit. Two of the eight Ashtavinayak temples of Lord Ganesha are located near Panvel, Ballaleshwar at (Pali) and Varadvinayak at Mahad near Khopoli. Transport Panvel is an important junction point as many major highways meet and pass through the city. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Sion-Panvel Expressway, NH 4B and NH 17 start from here while NH 4 passes through Panvel. The proposed SH 54 from Panvel to Bhimashankar will boost connectivity until Chakan. Roads inside New Panvel are maintained by CIDCO while those in old Panvel by PMC. New Panvel, being developed by CIDCO, has well planned and wide lane major roads and even the arterial roads are of two lanes. Old Panvel has relatively less maintained roads which are very congested due to lack of planning on part of the PMC. Proposed airport The new Navi Mumbai International Airport, which is