Roads, bridges and signal systems connecting Navi Mumbai International Airport with Belapur, Ulwe, Panvel, Khandeshwar, Karnjade and Kalamboli are complete but await inauguration, leaving passengers and freight vehicles without the planned access routes. The package is valued at ₹813 crore.

A key link will connect Kalamboli Junction to National Highway 548 and the airport cargo entrance, allowing containers from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) to reach airport cargo facilities directly. The report describes it as Maharashtra’s first direct container link to an airport cargo entrance.

The National Highways Authority of India’s eastern interchange will connect to CIDCO’s SBR-9 route and the airport’s northern road network. CIDCO spent ₹191 crore on a 60-metre-wide bridge connecting the cargo entrance. Once opened, the route will link Belapur and Ulwe to passenger and cargo entrances and provide access towards Panvel, Karnjade and Kalamboli. No inauguration date was provided.

CIDCO First Come First Serve housing scheme launched December 2025 offers tenements in Taloja, Kharghar, Dronagiri, Kalamboli and Bamandongari. Available tenements located in: Taloja sectors 21, 22, 27, 34, 36, 37; Kharghar Sector 40; Dronagiri sectors 11, 12; Kalamboli Sector 15; Bamandongari in Ulwe. Applicants can directly select and book tenement of choice subject to availability. Prices based on FY 2022-23 rates. Immediate possession after receipt of all payments. EWS applicants must submit documents and complete Beneficiary Attachment process on Central government PMAY-MIS portal with Aadhaar details and OTP-based verification. Eligible EWS beneficiaries can avail subsidy of Rs 2.50 lakh, requiring Aadhaar card attachment and completion of Beneficiary Attachment process on PMAY-MIS portal.

Navi Mumbai traffic restrictions for Anant Chaturdashi begin at 10 a.m. on September 25 and continue until Ganesh immersion processions are completed. They apply to general vehicles, excluding immersion procession vehicles on designated routes, police and government vehicles, and essential services.

In Kharghar, both directions will be closed between D-Mart signal and the DAV International School corner. The road between Kharghar Village Metro Station and the road behind Kamdhenu Complex, opposite the late Sudam Bhikaji Patil arch, will also close. D-Mart-to-DAV traffic can use Sectors 18 and 19. In the reverse direction, vehicles can turn right at Vastuvihar Chowk and travel via Balaji Sweets, Shilp Chowk and D-Mart.

Kalamboli immersion processions will use routes to Mhasar (Mhasoba) Lake in Sector 12, Roadpali: one via Karavali Chowk, KL-2 Naka, SBI Chowk, Sunshine Society and Bal Society; another via Ketli Chowk in Sector 20, Police Headquarters Chowk and Hansdhwani housing complex. Vehicle access will be restricted on some procession-route stretches, except for essential services.

• CIDCO has announced a housing scheme for Economically Weaker Sections with 4,779 homes in Navi Mumbai.
• Online registration starts at 11 am on August 15, 2026.
• Unit distribution:

• A portion of the inventory is reserved for applicants with disabilities.
• Individual home prices and applicable charges will be published on CIDCO’s housing portal before registration begins.
• Eligibility: annual family income up to Rs 6 lakh, and the applicant must not own a pucca house anywhere in India.
• Detailed eligibility conditions, documentation requirements and other terms will be available on the portal.
• The locations have road, rail and metro connectivity and are close to the Navi Mumbai International Airport.
• Allotment will be done after verification of eligibility, document scrutiny and fulfilment of the prescribed conditions.

Water conservation specialist Mukherjee said Navi Mumbai’s water system has little room for error. CIDCO nodes Kharghar, Kamothe, Kalamboli, Ulwe and Taloja draw from Hetawane, Morbe, Barvi and Patalganga; older NMMC areas Vashi, Nerul, Belapur, Ghansoli, Airoli and Koparkhairane depend largely on Morbe.

Construction, quarrying, road expansion and redevelopment have contributed to air pollution. In January, AQI readings reached 647 in Sanpada and 514 near Owe village at the foot of Kharghar Hills, while the city-wide average was 297.

In June 2025, the Shirvane-Juinagar Ground Protection Committee accused NMMC of starting work on Sector 21, Juinagar land designated in the Navi Mumbai Development Plan 2018–2038 as a multi-purpose playground used by children, senior citizens and residents. NMMC and CIDCO have disputed responsibility for water shortages. Residents also report power cuts and brown water.