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'''C.G.S. colony'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> (</span>[[Antop Hill]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, </span>[[Mumbai]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">) is Asia's largest housing colony to provide housing to employees and staff of any central government body/organisation. C.G.S. is derived from </span>'''C'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">entral </span>'''G'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">overnment </span>'''E'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">mployees </span>'''S'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">ociety - the "E" is not used usually because saying "CGS" is much easier and faster than saying "CGES", but C.G.E.S. is the official short-form. The colony is located approximately mid-way of the </span>[[King's Circle]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and </span>[[Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar Railway Station|Koliwada]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> or </span>[[Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> railway stations. Walking time between C.G.S. and both stations is an average of 20 minutes.</span>
 
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<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">'''C.G.S. colony''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antop_Hill Antop Hill], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai Mumbai]) is Asia's largest housing colony to provide housing to employees and staff of any central government body/organisation. C.G.S. is derived from '''C'''entral '''G'''overnment '''E'''mployees '''S'''ociety - the "E" is not used usually because saying "CGS" is much easier and faster than saying "CGES", but C.G.E.S. is the official short-form. The colony is located approximately mid-way of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Circle King's Circle] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koliwada_railway_station Koliwada] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koliwada_railway_station Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar] railway stations. Walking time between C.G.S. and both stations is an average of 20 minutes.</p>
   
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">C.G.S. colony consists of seven sectors, I through VII and the buildings are graded according to the number of rooms each apartment (or flat) of the building contains. The allocation of the apartment type to an individual is based on his/her ranking within the central government body/organisation. Lately, many of the buildings in the colony have been marked as unsafe and the task of rebuilding them is under way.</p>
 
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">C.G.S. colony consists of seven sectors, I through VII and the buildings are graded according to the number of rooms each apartment (or flat) of the building contains. The allocation of the apartment type to an individual is based on his/her ranking within the central government body/organisation. Lately, many of the buildings in the colony have been marked as unsafe and the task of rebuilding them is under way.</p>
   
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<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Antop Hill Police station is located at Sector 6 CGS Colony.</p>
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==<span class="editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;float:right;margin-left:5px;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C.G.S._colony&action=edit&section=1 edit]]</span>Some BEST routes that pass through C.G.S. colony==
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*341 - Antop Hill to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dindoshi_depot&action=edit&redlink=1 Dindoshi depot]
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*171 - Antop Hill to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worli Worli] dairy
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*9 - Nadkarni Park to Colaba
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*166 - Antop Hill to Mumbai Central via Sion, Dharavi & Mahim
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*172 - Pratiksha Nagar to Saatrasta via Antophill,Worli
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*67 - Antophill to Walkeshwar
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*76-Tata Colony to Mantralaya via Antophill
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*181-Antop hill to SEEPZ
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*88-Pratiksha Nagar to Mantralaya via Antophill
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*15-Pratiksha Nagar to Mantralaya via Antop hill
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*14-Pratiksha Nagar to Pt. Shyamaprasad Mukharjee Chowk (Regal Cinema) via Antophill
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*170 - Antop Hill to Sion
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*75 - Tata colony to Nadkarni Park via Antop Hill
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