What is the Vadhvan port that PM Modi is launching?
The Hindu
Features and controversies around the Vadhvan port in Maharashtra, expected to become one of India’s largest deep-water ports
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone of Vadhvan Port project worth around ₹76,000 crore in Palghar, Maharashtra, on Friday (August 30, 2024).
Salient features of the upcoming project, based on the official statement:
On June 19, the Union Cabinet decided that a port would be constructed here, across 17,471 hectares, impacting several villages in Palghar district of Maharashtra.
Despite fisherfolk resisting the building of the Vadhvan port for three decades, in what they call the ‘golden belt’, the Union government put its stamp on the project in June. People living in Palghar fear a loss of livelihood, the erosion of their seaside villages, and a disruption of an ecologically fragile area.
Reclamation work to build offshore Vadhvan port in Maharashtra’s Palghar district will commence next year, announced Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) the body entrusted to construct it.
(With inputs from PTI)
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