The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Tuesday announced that it would develop 273.69 sq km area around the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) region to address the issues of port related activities. CIDCO has established a separate team under Pradnya Saravade, IPS and CIDCO’s Vigilance Chief for the area named as Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Influence Area (JNPTIA).

The area around JNPT port is expanding due to increasing port activities. Considering the expanding port activities the infrastructure around the port is not up to the mark and hence in order to address those issues the area identified as JNPTIA would be developed providing engineering and social infrastructure, traffic management with latest technology and growth of surrounding villages, CIDCO said on Tuesday.