The maharashtra government plans to increase its first worldwide market for the sale and purchase of agricultural produce close to the proposed greenfield Vadhavan port in Palghar district.
At the same time as the deep-sea port ambitions to do away with the saturation and logistical constraints on the mumbai port around one hundred fifty km away and the jawaharlal nehru Port (JNPT) near Uran, the global marketplace near it will facilitate the export of agricultural produce, especially the chiku (sapodilla) fruit grown in nearby Dahanu and the famed Alphonso mangoes from the Konkan. nearby communities consisting of fisherfolk are opposing the Vadhavan port, as they expect a drop in their prized capture of saranga, or the silver pomfret. Much well known by way of fish eaters, the silver pomfret is also Maharashtra's 'state fish.'
In keeping with a senior professional inside the kingdom branch of cooperation, a capacity website online has been identified close to Dapchari within the district for the market, which might be spread over nearly 1,000 acres. "It will help farmers export their produce and get remunerative costs for it. The market may have a chilly storage chain, too," he says, adding that a proposal has been floated for appointing specialists to conduct a pre-feasibility examination.
The jawaharlal nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) for the development of the Vadhavan port. Placed near Dahanu, the website for the proposed port abuts Gujarat. The Union cabinet accredited the proposal in june 2024, and the mega port is predicted to fee Rs 76,220 crore.
The mission will see the reclamation of 1,473 hectares (3,639.86 acres) of land, and at the same time, 571 hectares (1,410.97 acres), comprising personal, tribal, forest, and government land, will be obtained for rail and road connectivity. Every other 1,000 hectares of presidency land might be made available for port-associated infrastructure facilities.
The port will add container capacity of 15 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) by 2035, which will increase to 23.9 million TEUs by 2040.
The kingdom government has additionally determined to set up sixty-five Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) in talukas throughout 21 districts. This may fill a vital hole, as 68 of Maharashtra's 358 talukas don't have any APMC, leaving the three most effective without one—Borivali, Andheri, and Kurla in Mumbai.
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