MUMBAI: The Switzerland-based container terminal major, Terminal Investment Sarl, has agreed to invest Rs 20,000 crore in the upcoming Vadhavan Port northwest of Mumbai. The JNPA has said TIL will invest around Rs 20,000 crore to develop the Vadhavan Port and the surrounding ecosystem, establishing it as a world-class facility. The facility, coming up at Dahanu in the Palghar district, …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday upheld the July 2023 order passed by the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority allowing Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority to develop a greenfield port at Vadhavan in Palghar district stating that the DTEPA has taken ‘all relevant aspects into consideration’. Vadhavan in Dahanu has been selected for the Greenfield Port because of its unique …
MUMBAI: Around 3,000 villagers opposing the proposed greenfield port at Vadhavan in Palghar district staged a ‘rasta roko’ at Charoti naka on the busy Mumbai Ahmedabad highway on Thursday, leading to traffic snarls all the way up to Bhayandar. Traffic on Mumbai Ahmedabad highway was diverted via an alternate route, but vehicles moved slowly, and it took four hours to …
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority on Monday gave clearance to the Vadhavan port in Palghar district after the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority addressed all queries posed at its previous meeting. HT Image The MCZMA had deferred clearance to the port at its December 15, 2023, meeting, raising several queries. JNPA and the Maharashtra Maritime Board have an equity …
Mumbai: An Indian Ocean humpback dolphin succumbed to injuries at a marine animal rescue centre in Dahanu on Monday morning, less than a day after it was rescued at Vadhavan Beach. “We arranged for a small inflatable children’s pool from a villager, filled it with water, loaded the dolphin into it in the back of our ambulance and brought it …
The Union Cabinet had given its in-principle approval to build a major port at Vadhavan in Dahanu taluka in February 2020. India currently has 12 major ports, out of which Maharashtra has two – Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port. The project will be jointly developed by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and Maharashtra Maritime Board with a shareholding of 74% …
