Vadhvan Port Chemical Park: Maharashtra Offers Up to 5,000 Acres
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, 22 October, that the state can provide 2,500 to 5,000 acres near the Vadhvan port in Palghar district for a chemical park. He spoke at the inauguration of India Chem 2026 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai, and asked the Union government to approve the project, according to the Free Press Journal and UNI.
Land, a Port and a Three-Year Clock
Fadnavis said the port is expected to be ready in about three years and that the state will take up the work of setting the park up. Union Health Minister JP Nadda, who spoke at the same event, said the Centre would provide Rs 1,000 crore and Maharashtra Rs 500 crore, the Free Press Journal reported. He added that the Bhavya Rasayan scheme was already announced in the Union Budget and that the Centre would help with the environmental clearance process.
Logistics Insider reports that Fadnavis also said Maharashtra has about 3,600 chemical units, which account for 19% of the sector’s gross value added and 17% of its exports, and employ around three lakh people. He said the state’s chemicals policy is in its final stage and will be released in the first week of November.
Dahanu Site Draws Environmental Questions
The proposed land is in Dahanu taluka, which the Free Press Journal and UNI describe as ecologically sensitive. That makes the environmental clearance Nadda mentioned a step to watch, because the reports do not say which parcels are under consideration or how land would be acquired from current owners. No timeline for the Centre’s approval has been given.
Chemicals Policy Due in November
The state policy, expected in the first week of November, should show what incentives industry can expect. Until it is published, the reports carry no incentive figures beyond the land offer and the Rs 1,500 crore combined funding mentioned by Nadda. See more business and policy stories on our Daily Updates page.
Source: Based on reporting by Free Press Journal, UNI and Logistics Insider.
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