Mumbai, 4th December, 2015: India’s leading and diversified business house Yogayatan Group, today laid foundation stone of Yogayatan Portat Mankhurd, Mumbai. Present at the event as Chief Guest was Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri. Devendraji Fadnavis, along with Shri. Subhashji Desai, Hon’ble Industries Minister and Shri. RK Vikhe Patil, Hon’ble Leader of Opposition and other important dignitaries to grace this special occasion.
During the occasion, Hon’ble Shri. DEVENDRAJI FADNAVIS, Chief Minister of Maharashtra elaborated on efforts of the government in developing port facilities across Maharashtra’s coastline and mentioned that Yogayatan Port will play an important role in reducing some of the congestion of major ports like existing Mumbai Port and JNPT, especially in handling bulk cargo for material such as Coal. He also wished Yogayatan towards speedy completion of phase 1 of the project as well as extended continuous support of government to make Yogayatan Port a success.
Dr.Rajendra Singh, Chairman, Yogayatan Group, in his speech, thanked Chief Guest, Hon’ble Shri. Devendraji Fadnavis as well all other dignitaries for taking time out of their busy schedule for this event. He further added, “
With the inauguration of the Yogayatan Port and its state of the art maritime capabilities, we will endeavour to utilise western coast, to support industrial development in the region. The port will be developed in multiple phases to provide solutions for economic growth in the state. We are indeed thankful to all the support by the Government of Maharashtra and hope to finish all the phases of the port within present tenure of our esteem Chief Minister Hon’ble Shri. Devendraji Fadnavis.”
The afternoon commenced with an enthralling soulful musical performance and seeking the almighty’s blessings for the new beginning of the endeavour with a Ganesh Vandana.
Seen at the inaugural function were Shri.Swadheenji Kshatriya, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra; Shri. Gautam Chatterjee, Additional Chief Secretary – Transport & Ports, Government of Maharashtra; Shri.Rahulji Narverkar,Member of Legislative Council; Shri. Tukaramji Kate – MLA; Shri. Raj Purohit, Member of Legisletive Assembly, & Shri. Ashish Kumar Sharma, CEO, Maharashtra Maritime Board.
Yogayatan Port is one of the most iconic projects undertaken by the Yogayatan Group in recent times. India’s commercial capital, Mumbai has always been in need of an ever increasing infrastructure, which led to the planned development of this multi-phased port.
The port is located in Mankhurd, at a distance of 100 meter from Thane Creek Railway Bridge, connecting Mankhurd (Mumbai) and Vashi (Navi Mumbai), at a distance of 10 Nautical miles from Jawaharlal Nehru Port. Its strategic location is close to Mumbai city, 10 kms from the commercial centre of Mumbai.
Yogayatan is contemplating to develop the port facility in multiple phases including a multipurpose cargo port for loading and un-loading of dry bulk cargo; a ship building and ship repair yard; Thermal Power plant; LNG Receiving, Re-gasification and Re-Loading Terminal; container terminal and supply base and passenger terminal.
The facility will also ensure feeder movement of cargo received by road and rail toother nearby ports. The facility is expected to complement Mumbai Port in line with the Government of India’s policy to reduce congestion and pressure on existing ports. Besides these operational benefits, some of the other benefits of the site are its strategic location close to the industrial area of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai which is benefiting from large investment, including a planned SEZ. Additionally, Yogayatan Ports has several location advantages such as proximity to international sea-route, low dredging requirements, natural all-weather harbour advantage, and connectivity to national / regional road.
The all-weather port will have accessibility to multiple cargos with an aim to support industrial development in the region.
Yogayatan group expects a number of development and operating opportunities to flourish in due course of time, to broaden horizons of the group’s activities. The success of this expansion will enable it to become India’s prominent private port and logistics operator.
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