Mora, Maharashtra

Mora is a port serving the town of Uran in Maharashtra, India. Ferry services connect to Ferry Wharf and Gateway of India in Mumbai. Occupation of the inhabitants is mostly fishing related, where in women mostly sell fish in Mumbai, mora and uran. Men especially have shifted to various other professions due to increased literacy and financial risks involved in fishing. Most of the population is Hindu, the town is well known for its temples in particular the sai baba temple near the ferry booking office which observes a number of devotees from nearby region mostly gathering on Thursdays. The town saw a boom during 1980s and 1990s because of fish exporting and smuggling, in which many of them created good wealth but after the Mumbai riots in early 1990s most of smuggling stopped and fishing again became primary source of income . The town is totally unplanned with poor sanitation system, it's because of being located over a hard rocky out crop, with limited scope of any improvement. Situated across the wharf, the main road passes through the plant.The only bank nearby village is Syndicate Bank which is one of the oldest and major commercial bank located at Uran-Mora road near Ekvira devi Mandir. Mora has Police station near the Jetty overlooking the bay of Bombay.

Mora

Mora koliwada
Town
Mora
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 18.889°N 72.934°E / 18.889; 72.934
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictRaigad
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Languages
  OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
400702
Telephone code022
ISO 3166 codeIN-MH
Vehicle registrationMH-06
Mora


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