CM reviews status of irrigation projects in state
Mumbai: Chief minister
Devendra Fadnavis
on Friday said that an estimated 31 lakh hectare land will be irrigated, 63,000mw power will be produced and 97,000 new jobs will be created following administrative approval for 381 irrigation projects.
CM reviewed the status of irrigation projects. "He granted administrative and revised administrative approval to on-going projects," said a senior bureaucrat.
The bureaucrat said CM's emphasis was to enhance financial status of farmers. — Prafulla Marpakwar
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