Work on new jetty at Karanja near Mumbai to begin in October, says minister

The much-delayed jetty is meant to an alternative to Mumbai’s Sassoon dock for the fishing community

The much-delayed jetty work at Karanja in Uran, located around 47km from Mumbai city, is finally set to begin by October this year, state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has said.

The new jetty is expected to ease the burden on Mumbai’s Sassoon Docks (in pic). (HT File Photo)

Karanja jetty has been planned as an alternative to the Sassoon Docks in Mumbai for the fishing community.

Mungantiwar gave the assurance to BJP leader and JNPT trustee Mahesh Baldi, who led a delegation to the minister last week. The delegation included Shivdas Nakhva, president of Karanja Machchimar Society, and Karanja and More fishing community leaders.

The project has not taken off for the past seven as neither the state nor the central governments have allocated the ₹150 crore required for the project; the cost is to be shared equally.

“Taking into account the increasing number of boats and the resulting burden on Mumbai’s Sassoon Docks, the then government had decided to construct a new jetty at Karanja,” Baldi said. “In 2011, work on the project had even begun but it got stuck due to lack of funds.”

“To ensure that work begins in October, the minister ordered officials to initiate the tendering process at the earliest,” Nakhva said. “The jetty will be of immense help to the fishing community in Raigad coastal area.”