Dighi Port Expansion in Raigad

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has signed an MoU with the Maharashtra Government, pledging Rs 42,500 crore for the expansion of Dighi Port and related activities in the Konkan region. This agreement is part of a larger initiative during India Maritime Week, which saw 15 agreements totaling over Rs 56,000 crore. Other significant investments include JSW Group's Rs 3,709 crore for Jaigad port expansion, Chowgule Group's Rs 5,000...

Calangute Panchayat lobbying for construction to 50 meters from existing 200 meters of high tide line

The Buzz: The Queen of Goa’s Beaches – Calangute – is to be sold to cement factories Calangute Panchayat has a new hare-brained idea: lobbying for building construction to be allowed upto 50 metres of the High Tide Line! (The setback line today is 200 metres.) The Panchayat has called for a special gram sabha resolution on Wednesday (15 October, 25) to try and galvanise public support for its crackpot project of sinking both the image and...