World Trade Centre, Mumbai
| MVIRDC | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 150 m (490 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30[2] |
| IDBI Tower | |
|---|---|
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| |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial |
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Height | |
| Roof | 106 m (348 ft)[3] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26[1] |
The Mumbai World Trade Centre at Cuffe Parade was built in 1970. It consists of two towers, the M Visvesaraya Industrial Research and Development Centre (MVIRDC)[4] and IDBI.[5] MVIRDC is knowby name called Centre 1. It was, at 156m, the tallest building in South Asia until the 2010 completion of The Imperial towers at Tardeo (252m). It was built by the Shapoorji Pallonji Group.[6]
In 1998 the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) started air conditioned bus services connecting the World Trade Centre with the suburb of Andheri.[7] Further, Special 2 bus is also running between the most busiest railway station of the mumbai CST and World Trade Center, Mumbai.
In the Centre 1 there are the companies like ITC Limited, Oman Airways, Reserve Bank of India,EXIM Bank etc where as in IDBI there is only a Head Office of IDBI bank.
References
- 1 2 Emporis GmbH. "MRVDC, Mumbai, India". SkyScraperPage.com.
- ↑ "MVRDC | Buildings". Mumbai /: Emporis. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ↑ SkyScraperPage.com. "IDBI Tower, Mumbai, India". Emporis.com.
- ↑ "About us - MVIRDC". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ "IDBI Towers | Buildings". Mumbai /: Emporis. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ↑ "A quiet billionaire". India Today. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Mishra, Anshika (25 February 2003). "AC bus users to be given parking facility". The Times of India. Mumbai. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
See also