International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 9, Issue 4, April-2018 112 ISSN 2229-5518 Providing Infrastructure To Facilitate Ro-Ro Services And Construction Of Breakwater At Mandawa Kaikade Jay Arun, Subba Rao2, Jaffar Patel N.3 Abstract— Alibaug is located about 120 km south of Mumbai. The distance from Mumbai to Alibaug in 10 Nautical miles which is about an hour ferry ride from where catamaran/ferry services are available to Mumbai, whereas road takes about 31/2 hour to 5 hours to travel. Ferry service from 6AM to 6PM is available thought the year, except during monsoon. Speedboats from the Gateway of India to Mandwa Jetty take roughly 20–25 minutes depending on the weather and can be hired at the Gateway of India. The new jetty installed in 2014 at Mandwa ensures safety of passengers traveling by speedboat. So the Mumbai Maritime Board has decided to construct the RollOn - RollOff (RO-RO) services to reduce the travel time and that too in half the price. This will help people to reach Alibaug in very less time and so this will increase the reach of Mumbai to Alibaug. This will help in increasing the wharf area and keeping the tourist locations alive, as it will become easy to reach, it will attract more and more people and so will the government will generate revenue out of it due to tourism. The present work thus discusses the practical aspects of the construction stages of a breakwater and a jetty and also the practical executional challenges related to it. Keywords— catamaran, ferry, jetty, roll on - roll off, speedboats, wharf. —————————— —————————— 1 INTRODUCTION umbai as the capital city of the state of Maharashtra is huge potential for developing a passenger Terminal for safely M one of the most important cities in western India. It has & efficiently embarking and disembarking passengers and its own culture, traditions and festivals and is an im- other public. The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) have portant tourist destination. This erstwhile port city has now short-listed the site at Apollo Bunder, Mumbai where poten- developed to become one of the foremost metropolises of the tial exist for developing a Passenger Terminal. world having monuments of historical importance which are prime tourist attractions & leisure spots and frequented by a 1.1 Mumbai to Alibaug number of residents of Mumbai and tourists all year round. Figure 1 Alibaug is located about 120 km south of Mumbai, at Across the Mumbai Harbour, lie the seventh-century rock-cut 18°38′29″N 72°52′20″E. The average elevation is 0 metres.The temples of Elephanta. Once known as Gharapuri, or the For- District Government offices are located along the sea coast tress City, the Caves are now designated as a World Heritage road. Alibaug is the center place of Raigad District. Site and visited by hundredsIJSER of tourists both for their art, his- Alibaug is a coastal town and municipal council in Raigarh torical and scenic value. Mandwa is about a 45 minute ferry district of Maharashtra, India. It is the headquarters of the ride from Mumbai and very easily accessible for residents of Raigarh district. Revdanda, Chaul, Nagaon, Akshi, Varsoli, Mumbai. It is popular because of its green surroundings and Thal, Navgaon, Kihim and Aawas villages were known as cottages. All these locations are visited frequently by public "Ashtagare". and foreign tourist and in addition by citizens who own their own leisure crafts. There is presently no docking facility in Mumbai Harbour area and the Radio Club location already has a number of passenger’s boats, harbour ferry boats, pleas- ure yachts and boats anchored off the gateway of India. These crafts require adequate berthing facilities. The existing tempo- rary jetty at the Gateway of India is used for water transport to areas like Elephanta and Mandwa, but it is inefficient to han- dle passenger traffic and provide proper berthing to ferries and yachts. Due to high-end touristic traffic from the region around Gateway of India and lack of proper facilities for Fig. 1. Route map from Mumbai to Alibaug. berthing of the passenger ferries, boats and yachts there is • ROAD: One can reach Alibaug via Pen (30 km), which ———————————————— is on the Mumbai (78 km) – Goa road. From Mumbai, one can • 1Student, Department of Applied Mechanics, National Instityte of Technology reach Alibaug by traveling on the Mumbai-Goa highway (NH- Karnataka, Surathkal. 2Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, National 17) till Wadkhal (or Vadkhal) and taking the right fork from Instityte of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. 3Management Representative, Wadkhal – the left fork being the road to Goa. It is approxi- DVP Infra Projects PVT. LTD. Mumbai, India, mately 108 km from Mumbai. You can go to Alibaug by S.T. • [email protected] , 7276544781. [email protected] , 9448911304. [email protected] , 8291860065. bus from Mumbai. From Mumbai to Alibaug having daily 35– 40 S.T. buses. Borivali, Thane, Kalyan, Pune, Kolhapur, Miraj, IJSER © 2018 http://www.ijser.org International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 9, Issue 4, April-2018 113 ISSN 2229-5518 Nashik have buses to Alibaug. • Chaul Revdanda • RAILWAY: The nearest rail railway station is at Pen. • Kanakeshwar Mandir Through Pen, it is connected to Panvel and onwards to Mum- • Mandawa bai and the Indian Railways network. • Kashid Beach • AIR: The nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji Inter- • Korlai Beach national Airport| Mumbai, 140 km. • WATERWAYS: The nearest jetty is Mandwa from EED F ROJECT where catamaran/ferry services are available to Mumbai. An- 2 N O P other port in the vicinity is Rewas, from where a ferry service As discussed earlier the distance from Mumbai to Alibaug is available to Ferry Wharf (Bhau cha Dhakka) (Dockyard is around 120km approximately, but the distance by sea is just Road) is available. There is a jetty at Custom Bandar from 10 nautical miles (18.52 Km) which takes only one hour to where fishermen in Alibaug set sail. Ferry service between travel whereas road takes about 31/2 hour to 5 hours to travel Mandwa and Gateway of India, Mumbai. They run at a fre- to Alibaug and vice versa. So the MMB has decided to con- quency of an hour throughout the year from morning 6 to struct the RO-RO services to reduce the travel time and that to evening 6, except during monsoon. The trip takes 40 to 55 in half the price. minutes depending on the type of boat. From Mandwa opera- This will help people to reach Alibaug in very less time and tors carry passengers to Alibaug in their own chartered buses. so this will increase the reach of Mumbai to Alibaug. This will The bus journey time is 30 minutes. Alibaug beach is walking help in keeping the tourist locations alive, as it will become distance from the bus-stop. easy to reach it will attract more and more people and so will Another option is to take a ferry from "Bhaucha Dhakka" the government will generate revenue out of it due to tourism. to Rewas. Timings are the same but schedule may change de- pending on the tide. From Rewas take state transport bus or 2.1 Project intended objectives rickshaw to Alibaug. Bus Journey time: 1 hour to reach • Creating tourism enhancing infrastructure: Address- Alibaug. One benefit of using the Bhaucha Dhakka - Rewas ing the high tourism demand is one of the primary objectives route by ferry is that you can take a two-wheeler along on the of the proposed infrastructure. There are nearly 100 launches ferry on this route for a nominal charge. Speedboats from the and catamarans that operate using jetties 2, 3 and 5 of Gate- Gateway of India to Mandwa Jetty take roughly 20–25 minutes way of India (Apollo Bunder) every-day. Every 20 minutes depending on the weather and can be hired at the Gateway of there is a vessel that leaves Apollo Bunder carrying approxi- India. mately 100 passengers. Launches from Apollo Bunder travel to Elephanta Island, Mandwa and JNPT. Well planned infra- TABLE 1 structure is expected to create increased demand from tour- COST OF BOAT TICKET FROM MUMBAI TO ALIBAUG ists/customers. This is also likely to create the necessary con- MUMBAI – TICKET PRICE FOR TRAVEL ditions for the increasing connectivity to other destinations ALIBAUG BETWEEN MUMBAI AND ALIBAUG nearby. BOAT MAIN IJSERUPPER AIR- • Creating easy access to the vessels at sea and enhanc- OPERATOR DECK DECK CONDITIONED ing safety for passengers: Currently, passengers are required to pass through more than 2 vessels each time they intend to Ajanta 85 - - board their departing vessel. This not only makes it cumber- PNP Maritime - - 150 some, but also makes jumping over boats a scary proposition Service for passengers. This is especially the case for women and chil- Maldar dren. A well planned facility is proposed that will address this 110 135 150 Catamarans lacuna thereby enhancing safety. This facility will also ensure that embarkation and disembarkation into a ferry will take Apollo 110 135 150 place in an orderly way. Catamaran • Creating an additional revenue sources: It is forecast- ed that the revenues from advertisement, passenger levy, shop 1.2 Tourism / restaurant operation fee, battery charging, diesel, water, and The following are the main tourist attractions in and sewerage will lead to cash collection of nearly Rs 5 crores an- around Alibaug: nually. Additional revenue of Rs 0.5 crores can be generated • Alibaug beach from parking fees collected (two wheeler and four wheeler • Siddheshwar Mandir near Khandale parking). • Alibaug Fort • Addressing the needs of discerning yacht owners: • Khanderi and Underi Islands Yacht owners have expressed their difficulty in accessing their • Magen Avot Synagogue personal crafts.