BoA meet to decide Navi Mumbai SEZ’s fate
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2007 02:41:33 AM]
MUMBAI/DELHI: The Centre has set June 20 as the deadline for the
Maharashtra government to spell out its stand on the finance ministry's
reservations over the proposed Navi Mumbai SEZ. Maharashtra chief
secretary Johny Joseph is holding consultations with some of the
stake-holders in the Navi Mumbai SEZ. "Discussions are being held with
inhabitants of the five villages falling within the proposed zone and
also with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), which has staked claim
to some of the land in the zone," commerce ministry officials told ET.
A spokesman for Navi Mumbai SEZ — the firm setting up the SEZ — refused
to comment.The Centre wants the Maharashtra government to give
point-by-point reply to the concerns voiced by the finance ministry in
its report submitted recently. "The s tate government's views will be
discussed in the Board of Approval (BoA) meeting scheduled for June 22,"
said a commerce ministry official.
A team headed by Sanjeev Behari, commissioner-customs & exports, visited
some of the Navi Mumbai SEZ areas on May 21 to assess the ground situation.
The central team's report has resulted in the BoA deferring its decision
to clear the Navi Mumbai SEZ twice in the past. The BoA has also raised
the issue of land contiguity which relates to a major road cutting
across the SEZ site.
The Navi Mumbai SEZ, however, doesn't have land-acquisition related
issues as the state-run agency Cidco has already acquired the land for
the project.
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