Development projects worth Rs 29,000 crore underway in Marathwada, says CM Shinde; Opposition calls it 'false'

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday asserted that his government was committed to develop Marathwada region in the state in a timebound manner and said projects worth Rs 29000 crore were underway for its development reported the PTICM Shinde also said that the Marathwada region will play a key role in the countrys developmentHowever the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA targeted the CM Shinde saying that his claim of development works worth Rs 29000 crore were underway was false according to the PTILeader of Opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh if any such development work was found to be currently onCM Shinde was speaking after hoisting the national flag to mark the Marathwada Liberation Day also known as Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din at Siddharth Garden here this morning On this day in 1948 Nizams rule over Marathwada came to an endThe government is committed to develop Marathwada region in a timebound manner and this region will play a key role in the development of the countryIn order to permanently end drought in the Marathwada region we have planned a project worth Rs 15000 crore to divert the runoff water into the Godavari river as per the PTIThe riverlinking scheme will help erase the drought prone identity of Marathwada he said in his speechMarathwada neither receives heavy rains unlike Konkan nor is it rich like western Maharashtra he saidBut we are taking some decisions for the development of the region We have decided to connect 200 religious places located along the Godavari river through Ashta Shatabdi Marg We have made a provision of Rs 234 crore for it he said the news agency reported on TuesdayIn the past development projects in the region dragged on for years he allegedIn 2023 a cabinet meeting was held for Marathwada here and development works of more than Rs 45000 crore were initiated by us We made 29 decisions and 26 announcements on September 16 2023 Projects worth Rs 29000 crore are moving towards completion and others are being implemented he said the PTI reportedA silk training centre will be established in Jalna The government has made a provision of Rs 50 crore for the development of Saint Janabai Teerthakshetra It has sanctioned a revised plan for Mahurgad in Nanded he saidThe state has sanctioned Rs 82913 crore for emergency works The state has also sanctioned Rs 4513 crore for the second phase of Aundha Nagnath temple town in Hingoli Funds of Rs 1434 crore have also been sanctioned for the development works in the districts of Latur Dharashiv Beed CM Shinde addedAccording to CM Shinde people of Marathwada fought against the Nizam rule under the leadership of Swami Ramanand Teerth and othersThere is a need for the people to know more about the liberation movement Therefore we have allocated Rs 100 crore to set up a memorial in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar In the past two years we have taken steps for the development of Marathwada Its our objective to free the region of backwardness he said as per the PTIRoad works in the region are being completed at a fast pace Roads of 1030 km of length are being implemented under the hybrid annuity model Construction of 75 Gram Panchayat buildings is underway A water pipeline scheme worth Rs 2740 crore is also underway for Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar he addedThe government was giving a boost to the dairy sector in the region The first phase of a project under which milch animals will be provided to farmers will be implemented in 2027 he saidWe have recently given sanction of Rs 149 crore for this scheme he addedFor empowerment of women additional Rs 1076 crore have been allocated by the government and more than 12 lakh women have been benefited through itOn the industrial development of the region Shinde said Aurangabad Industrial City AURIC City will get an investment of Rs 20000 crore through the Toyota Kirloskar Motor car project in Shendra In Bidkin node Ather Energy will invest Rs 2000 crore in its electric vehicle project he saidShiv Sena UBT leader Ambadas Danve announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh if any development work announced by the state government a year back were found to be underwaySpeaking to reporters he said The government had announced developmental works worth Rs 46000 crore last year Now the CM says works of Rs 29000 crore are underway He should show where the work is underway A cash of Rs 1 lakh will be given if any such work is found to be currently ongoingNot a single work announced earlier is underway and I can give a list of the announcements What the chief minister said here is false The government should publish a white paper of these announcements Ambadas Danve saidwith PTI inputs