Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had a discussion with Niti Aayog for developing seafront on Six acres of central government controlled land. From Mumbai-Nashik, semi-high-speed railway and a Karad-Chiplun railway have already been approved.
He also pitched for a Metro ring route in Thane, Konkan Coastal Road and Konkan Green Field Expressway, which will prove a game changer for the coastal belt.
On a five acre land owned by Mumbai Port Trust in Sewri, Maharashtra fisheries department has planned a world-class fish market. The market will be air conditioned on the lines of fish market in Dubai. It will have cold storage, retail counters, stalls for fisherfolk, venders, ready-to-cook, marinated fish counters with over 100 varieties of fish. The draft plan also has parking facilities for over 500 two and four wheelers.
It will be a state-of-the-art market on the lines of Deira Fish Market in Dubai. Once the land allotment is done, a team of officers will visit the Dubai fish market to get a first-hand idea. The capital sharing between the central and state governments would be in 60:40 ratio for the project. The state’s fish production is currently at 1.43 lakh tonne, which is much lower than the production in states like Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
