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People living in Maharashtra’s Palghar district fear a loss of livelihood, the erosion of their seaside villages, and a disruption of an ecologically fragile area due to the building of Vadhavan port
Vadhavan port
The Vadhavan port will be constructed through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) formed by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and the Maharashtra Maritime Board.
It will be an all-weather Greenfield deep draft major port in Palghar District, aligned with the PM Gati Shakti program
Built on a landlord-model through PPP
The port will have nine container terminals, each 1000 meters long, four multipurpose berths
Project involves reclaiming 1,448 hectares of sea and constructing 10.14 km of offshore breakwater and cargo storage areas
The project will create a cumulative capacity of 298 million metric tons (MMT) per annum including around 23.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalents) of container handling capacity.
The project will be connected to the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway via a link expressway.
It is expected to serve as a gateway port for the upcoming India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) and International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC)
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