Automated Translation:
Sassoon Dock to turn “Smart” - 60 crore fund for development works

Friday December 2015

Uran, 3rd (Correspondent): Mumbai's Sassoon Dock port, a base for thousands of fishermen in Raigad, Thane and Mumbai, will be made smart. About 60 crores will be provided by the Mumbai Port Trust and the Ministry of Agriculture for the development of the port.

There has been a demand for clean and hygienic fish processing at Sassoon Dock for many years. This is important for exporting fish to the European market. Therefore, modernization and repair of this port was the need of the hour. Nitin Gadkari, in his first public event at the Sassoon Dock after the Narendra Modi-led BJP government came to power, had promised fishermen of desilting the harbor and improving the water depth.

The hindrances at the port were brought to the notice of BJP state executive member and JNPT trustee Mahesh Baldi by the fishermen. He followed up with Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari, Mumbai Port Trust Chairman Ravi Parmar and Chief Engineer Guru Prasad Rai. So the development of this port finally received a green light. A fund of Rs 60 crore was approved for this purpose.

The development work at the port has just started. It was inspected by Mahesh Baldi, former president of Karanja Fishermen Cooperative Society Pradeep Nakhwa, Narayan Nakhwa etc.

On this occasion, Nakhawa reacted favourably saying that work has really started for the welfare of the fishermen in its true sense, and he expressed his gratitude to Nitin Gadkari and Baldi for the same.