India, Jan. 22 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced that the state government will develop a Raigad-Pen Growth Centre as the first city in the proposed "Third Mumbai". The growth centre will be a business district developed on the lines of the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.

Fadnavis made the announcement in Davos, in Switzerland, where he is attending the World Economic Forum.

The growth centre will be located 15-20 km from the Navi Mumbai International Airport, which was inaugurated on December 25, 2025. Permissions for the project were being obtained over the last three to four years and, with those approvals in place, the first city of the Third Mumbai is being announced, Fadnavis said. The Atal Setu will...