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Murbe Port project faces resistance

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October 05, 2025

Boisar MIDC witnessed a flashpoint on Saturday as angry villagers from Murbe and nearby fishing hamlets demanded that the upcoming public hearing on Murbe Port be scrapped.

- Megha Parmar

With black flags in hand, women, fishermen, and sarpanchs raised thunderous slogans before setting fire to the port's concept drawings. The project, to be executed by JSW Infrastructure, has been met with mounting resistance from local communities who claim that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, spanning over 1,300 pages, is riddled with loo

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