Thakur Village is a densely populated residential locality in Kandivali, Mumbai, India. It is located to the east of the Western Express Highway, which is part of the National Highway 8. As a part of rapid urban development in this locality, a significant number of residential complexes were constructed here since the late 1990s. The area is broadly divided into two distinct categories of housing complexes: the high-rises and the low-rises. The high-rises include Thakur Jewel, Ekta Meadows, Gokul Gagan, Vishnu Shivam Tower, Gokul Concorde, Challengers, Oberoi Gardens, Oberoi Parkview, Viceroy Court, Viceroy Park, Raheja Reflections and NG Suncity Phase 2 & 3. The low-rises (up to eight floors) include Vasant Utsav which is very famous, Shree Ganesh Aangan, Vasant Sagar, Evershine Millennium Paradise, Valley of Flowers and NG Suncity. These six complexes put together cover most of the land area of Thakur Village, and house most of the population. Of these, Evershine's Millennium Paradise is the largest, with 75 buildings having nearly 2,400 housing units. The area boasts excellent internal and external connectivity. It is located on the busy Western Express Highway, which becomes the NH8 (Mumbai-Ahmedabad) outside Mumbai city limits. There are two approaches from the highway: one at the Mahindra and Mahindra junction, and the other at Magathane Telephone Exchange. Both approaches have flyovers/underpass which makes entry and exit very easy. It is equidistant from Kandivali and Borivali railway stations which fall on the Western Railway's suburban section. Thakur Village Residents' Forum- an open and voluntary group of residents from Thakur Village, implemented a "Say no to plastic bags & Carry your own Cloth Bag" policy from 1 November 2017 whereby the local vegetable and other roadside-vendors were individually educated about the dangers of plastic bags and were requested to refrain from giving plastic bags to their customers. This is an ongoing initiative spearheaded by the volunteers of the Residents' Forum that also includes interacting with customers and informing them of this Initiative, distributing cloth-bags and keeping a close eye on the usage of plastic bags in the area on a regular basis.