<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/dec/Kaustubh%20khade-m.jpg" alt="" /> Kaustubh Khade. Pic/Twitter
Mumbai-based kayaker Kaustubh Khade had a tough time convincing locals in Nandgaon coast in Boisar that he was not a surveyor for the controversial Wadhwan port in Dahanu, on Tuesday. The project has been strongly opposed by local fishermen.
According to a report in <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/locals-mistake-mumbai-kayaker-for-port-surveyor-at-nandgaon-coast/story-nRfiq4E9c1wloyaTN6DHeI.html" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a>, Khade is a computer engineer from IIT-Delhi. He lives in Mumbai though, and finished his last solo kayaking trip to Goa in 17 days. While the distance of the Mumbai-Goa trip was 415-km, his current mission is from Kutch to Kanyakumari, during which he will cover a distance of 3,300 km.
Dhiraj Gawad, a resident of Nandgaon, informed <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/locals-mistake-mumbai-kayaker-for-port-surveyor-at-nandgaon-coast/story-nRfiq4E9c1wloyaTN6DHeI.html" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a> that, on Tuesday evening, locals found a car parked near Nandgaon beach, with a man having binoculars. and soon Khade on the kayak came at the shore. Later, a woman cyclist also came at the spot. &ldquo;We were quite suspicious of the trio and we mistook them as a survey team that had come to Wadhwan in Dahanu for the proposed Rs 30,000 crore and 30-berth port, in a bid to decongest the JNPT and Mazgaon ports said Gawad. Just a few days ago the team had come to conduct survey for the port and we had protested and stopped it,&rdquo; Hitendra Naik, another resident, told HT.
The report added that locals questioned them, before Khade managed to convince them that he was a kayaking sportsman. Khade&rsquo;s car driver also showed them the NOC from concerned authorities for carrying out kayaking activities, Gawad further informed the paper.
<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/locals-mistake-mumbai-kayaker-for-port-surveyor-at-nandgaon-coast/story-nRfiq4E9c1wloyaTN6DHeI.html" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a> report stated that Khade began his Kutch trip from Dwarkar and paddled his way to Porbander, Madhopur, Okha-Mandi, Mangrol, Verawal, Somnath,Surat in Gujarat and landed at Nandgaon coast in Palghar on Tuesday evening, before leaving for Uttan, Bhayander on Wednesday.
According to the report, Khade is on a mission to spread awareness about kayaking, and is also a volunteer for Magic Bus, an NGO for the underprivileged children in Mumbai. He is being accompanied by his girlfriend Shanjali Shahi, and Nitin Khotavadekar, on his adventurous trip.

Mumbai-based kayaker Kaustubh Khade had a tough time convincing locals in Nandgaon coast in Boisar that he was not a surveyor for the controversial Wadhwan port in Dahanu, on Tuesday

Locals at Nandgaon coast mistake kayaker for surveyor

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