India, Oct. 7 -- Over seven thousand villagers gathered at a public hearing held at Palghar on Monday and expressed their strong opposition to the proposed JSW Murbe port. Many of the protestors raised their concerns about the environmental and social implications of such a project.

The public hearing was held to discuss the all-weather multi-cargo greenfield deep-water port at Murbe being constructed by a private port operator, JSW Infrastructure. The operator had received a letter of intent from the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) for the development, operation, management, and maintenance of the proposed port in October last year.

The proposed port with a construction cost of Rs.19,960 crore, is expected to handle a cargo of 134.07 ...