Dinesh Kamath's news item 'Panvel terminus will give boost to the city' that was published in Newsband

Panvel terminus will give boost to the city

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) wants the Railways to develop Panvel terminus in one stretch rather than two phases.

The plot chosen for the first phase of development of Panvel terminus is already encroached by many shanties. The plot marked for the second phase is however not encroached on.

CIDCO has promised to rehabilitate all the project affected and hence the Railways are free to proceed with the development work.

Panvel station have lakhs of passengers occupying it during peak hours and with the population rising day by day it is obvious that in a few years time the station will be still more crowded.

The construction of Panvel Terminus is bound to convert Panvel station from a place that caters to suburban and a few outstation trains into a major hub.

The reason for coming up with the idea of developing Panvel Terminus was overcongestion of CST and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus. In order to decongest these two Terminuses, it was proposed that Panvel station to would be converted into a Terminus.

The project was affected at one time due to encroachments by slum dwellers on the land meant for terminus. These people who have encroached on this land are now demanding that they be rehabilitated before the work or project resumes.

But there is no doubt about the fact that once the work on Panvel Terminus is over, not only the whole of Panvel region but the entire city of Navi Mumbai will have a new look.