<p>The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government will come out with a series of mega initiatives for the nature-rich and picturesque coastal Kokan region of Maharashtra including the creation of a high-tech Expressway on the lines of Samruddhi Mahamarg and the setting up of the super refinery project. </p>.<p>Addressing the Swarajbhoomi Kokan Mahotsav 2022 at the Mumbai Exhibition Centre on Tuesday at Goregaon, Shinde and Fadnavis assured the mega plans for the region. </p>.<p>The coastal Konkan region comprises the two districts of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban, the neighboring districts of Palghar, Thane, Raigad, and the twin districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shinde-fadnavis-undertake-test-drive-of-samruddhi-corridor-ahead-of-inauguration-by-pm-next-week-1168358.html" target="_blank">Shinde-Fadnavis undertake test drive of Samruddhi Corridor ahead of inauguration by PM next week</a></strong></p>.<p>Shinde said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Corridor on 11 December. </p>.<p>“We are planning on these lines and working on a Mumbai-Sindhudurg Samruddhi Corridor,” Shinde said, adding that the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has already started preparatory work for the project. “A Greenfield access-controlled highway is necessary for Konkan,” he said, adding that the work on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is progressing in full swing. </p>.<p>He said that the Chipi-Parule airport – located off the Mumbai-Goa Highway - is already functional. “We have to develop infrastructure to boost development and attract tourists,” he said.</p>.<p>Shinde said that the super refinery project in Konkan is going to transform the region.</p>.<p>Elaborating on it, Fadnavis said that when the erstwhile BJP-Shiv Sena government was in power between 2014-19 a lot of initiatives were taken. “However, everything was reversed in the last two-and-a-half years,” he said in a reference to the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.</p>.<p>“Let us assure you…the refinery project is going to be a green refinery project,” he said, adding that there would be no emissions or discharge. </p>.<p>“The existing tourism has to be taken to a next level,” he said, adding that the locals and the agri, koli and adivasi community would be taken along in the roadmap to development.</p>
<p>The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government will come out with a series of mega initiatives for the nature-rich and picturesque coastal Kokan region of Maharashtra including the creation of a high-tech Expressway on the lines of Samruddhi Mahamarg and the setting up of the super refinery project. </p>.<p>Addressing the Swarajbhoomi Kokan Mahotsav 2022 at the Mumbai Exhibition Centre on Tuesday at Goregaon, Shinde and Fadnavis assured the mega plans for the region. </p>.<p>The coastal Konkan region comprises the two districts of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban, the neighboring districts of Palghar, Thane, Raigad, and the twin districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shinde-fadnavis-undertake-test-drive-of-samruddhi-corridor-ahead-of-inauguration-by-pm-next-week-1168358.html" target="_blank">Shinde-Fadnavis undertake test drive of Samruddhi Corridor ahead of inauguration by PM next week</a></strong></p>.<p>Shinde said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Corridor on 11 December. </p>.<p>“We are planning on these lines and working on a Mumbai-Sindhudurg Samruddhi Corridor,” Shinde said, adding that the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has already started preparatory work for the project. “A Greenfield access-controlled highway is necessary for Konkan,” he said, adding that the work on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is progressing in full swing. </p>.<p>He said that the Chipi-Parule airport – located off the Mumbai-Goa Highway - is already functional. “We have to develop infrastructure to boost development and attract tourists,” he said.</p>.<p>Shinde said that the super refinery project in Konkan is going to transform the region.</p>.<p>Elaborating on it, Fadnavis said that when the erstwhile BJP-Shiv Sena government was in power between 2014-19 a lot of initiatives were taken. “However, everything was reversed in the last two-and-a-half years,” he said in a reference to the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.</p>.<p>“Let us assure you…the refinery project is going to be a green refinery project,” he said, adding that there would be no emissions or discharge. </p>.<p>“The existing tourism has to be taken to a next level,” he said, adding that the locals and the agri, koli and adivasi community would be taken along in the roadmap to development.</p>