India 'port tycoon' Adani to spend $7bn for infrastructure crown

Ties to Prime Minister Modi help forge an empire covering sea and air

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Adani Group runs Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. (Photo courtesy of the airport)

AKIRA HAYAKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of India's Adani Group, has a knack for fostering connections that pay off sooner or later. Now the entrepreneur is about to see those connections make him the country's top operator of sea ports and airports.

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