Masad Infra Services Private Limited, the subsidiary of JSW Infrastructure Limited, has signed an agreement with the Karnataka Maritime Board to develop a greenfield port in the state. On November 16, 2023, JSW Infrastructure received a letter of award to develop a greenfield port at Keni port in Karnataka in PPP mode for Rs 41.19 billion. The port is envisaged as an all-weather, greenfield, multi-cargo, direct berthing, deep-water commercial port for handling all types of cargoes on the west coast in the north Karnataka region to serve the industries in the area covering Bellary, Hosapete, Hubballi, Kalaburagi and south Maharashtra.
