Panvel is now emerging as a multi-modal gateway linking Mumbai’s commercial economy with Navi Mumbai’s airport, JNPA’s port ecosystem and Raigad’s industrial belt Mumbai: For centuries, Panvel’s importance came from its location. The town grew around land and sea trade routes and was historically known for its rice market. Today, that same locational advantage is being recast in a dramatically different economic landscape — one shaped by an international airport, a major cont