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Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister for transport, shipping and medium and small industries, on Friday laid stress on developing waterways for the coastal
city, and said by the time the Navi Mumbai airport is ready, many can reach it using water taxis. "Like in Venice in Italy where people step out of their
hotel and straight into a water taxi to go to the airport, once the Navi Mumbai international airport is ready, people from Kalyan, Vasai-Virar, Bhiwandi
can take a water taxi instead of a motor taxi," he said. The minister, speaking after laying the foundation stone for the city's first mangrove park at
Gorai, stressed the importance of mangroves for a coastal city like Mumbai and said the project will help not only help conserve the mangroves but also
maintain the ecological balance. Local MLA and minister for higher and technical education Vinod Tawade, who played a key role in the park plan, said
that mangroves will protect the city from dangers such as a tsunami. "In Mumbai, creeks mean garbage dump. These creeks are known as backwaters in Kerala
on which its tourism is built. We want to try something similar in Maharashtra," he said. Gadkari backed him, saying that instead of releasing toxic waste
into the sea, Mumbai should hire international experts in the field to manage its liquid and solid waste and convert it in wealth. "It can be used to
develop the city," he said. Earlier, he rued that despite being the richest civic body in India, BMC was not able to keep Mumbai from being flooded every
city, and said by the time the Navi Mumbai airport is ready, many can reach it using water taxis. "Like in Venice in Italy where people step out of their
hotel and straight into a water taxi to go to the airport, once the Navi Mumbai international airport is ready, people from Kalyan, Vasai-Virar, Bhiwandi
can take a water taxi instead of a motor taxi," he said. The minister, speaking after laying the foundation stone for the city's first mangrove park at
Gorai, stressed the importance of mangroves for a coastal city like Mumbai and said the project will help not only help conserve the mangroves but also
maintain the ecological balance. Local MLA and minister for higher and technical education Vinod Tawade, who played a key role in the park plan, said
that mangroves will protect the city from dangers such as a tsunami. "In Mumbai, creeks mean garbage dump. These creeks are known as backwaters in Kerala
on which its tourism is built. We want to try something similar in Maharashtra," he said. Gadkari backed him, saying that instead of releasing toxic waste
into the sea, Mumbai should hire international experts in the field to manage its liquid and solid waste and convert it in wealth. "It can be used to
develop the city," he said. Earlier, he rued that despite being the richest civic body in India, BMC was not able to keep Mumbai from being flooded every
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