Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Palghar To Present Draft ₹100-Crore Fishermen Welfare Package September 8
The Vadhvan Port project may affect people who fish near Palghar.
District officials will meet fishermen and other local people on September 8.
They will show them a draft plan for compensation and other support.
Fishermen can share complaints and suggestions before the plan is approved.
The proposed payments depend on how and where people fish.
The plan also includes more money for training, better fishing facilities and community projects.
A welfare fund could increase to ₹100 crore.
A new fishing harbour is also proposed to make fishing safer and easier.
Officials say port development should not harm fishermen’s livelihoods.
Palghar district officials will present a draft compensation and welfare package for fishermen affected by the Vadhvan Port project on September 8.
The stakeholder meeting will include fishermen, local residents, other stakeholders and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority representatives.
Proposed payouts range from ₹2.45 lakh for subsistence fishers to ₹15.72 lakh for multi-day Gill Net fishing within port limits.
The fishermen’s welfare fund would double from ₹50 crore to ₹100 crore under the draft package.
Additional proposals include a ₹250-crore fishing harbour and upgrading five Industrial Training Institutes with ₹100 crore in funding.
- Who
- Palghar district administration, local fishermen, residents, stakeholders and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority representatives.
- What
- A stakeholder meeting will review a draft compensation and welfare package for fishermen affected by the Vadhvan Port project.
- When
- September 8; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Palghar district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- To gather feedback and grievances before the compensation and welfare package is finalised and sent for approval.
- Meeting purpose
- Review the draft compensation and welfare package and collect feedback from affected communities.
- Welfare fund
- The proposed fishermen’s welfare fund would increase from ₹50 crore to ₹100 crore.
- Highest proposed payout
- ₹15.72 lakh for multi-day Gill Net fishing conducted within port limits.
- Lowest proposed payout
- ₹2.45 lakh for fishermen dependent on subsistence fishing.
- Fishing harbour
- A harbour is proposed at an estimated cost of ₹250 crore.
- Training institutes
- Five government Industrial Training Institutes would be upgraded into Centres of Excellence with a separate ₹100-crore proposal.
- Basis for compensation
- The draft uses rates from a March 9, 2023 State Government Resolution, revised through the Consumer Price Index through 2025.