JNPT to see Rs. 21,000 crore investments by 2020.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will attract investments of over Rs. 21,000 crore by 2020, making it one of the biggest investment destinations in the country. A Rs. 3,000-crore plan to convert the existing four-lane, 45-km road connecting JNPT and the hinterland of Maharashtra into a 10-lane road is prime among them.

All this will generate additional employment for at least 1.5 lakh people. NN Kumar, chairman, JNPT, spoke to dna exclusively on this and other expansion plans, immediately after addressing a gathering of businessmen at the CII-organised Logistics Summit.

Eight of the 10 lanes will be for trucks and other vehicles, while the other two will be elevated roads for mass rapid transport vehicles, meaning buses.

Since different sections of the road have been built by different parties -- NHAI, CIDCO and JNPT -- JNPT has decided to take charge of the entire road and fund its redevelopment. The road should be ready in three years.


DNA