Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held a series of meetings with several top leaders in Delhi over the last two days to discuss and secure financial assistance for the implementation of various development projects in Maharashtra.
During his two-day tour to Delhi, he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister and BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, and NITI Aayog officials. The meeting with BJP leader Mr. Shah at Parliament House lasted for about 25 minutes. According to the CMO, the projects and issues concerning Maharashtra were discussed.
Mr. Fadnavis, also the State Home Minister, sought approvals and assistance for three projects from global financial institutions during the meeting with Nirmala Sitharaman. These projects include financial assistance of $1 billion (₹8651 crore) from the Asian Development Bank for the concretization of roads in rural Maharashtra, the second project— resolving rising sea levels in Maharashtra through natural means requires assistance of $500 million (₹4326 crore), and assistance of $500 million from the World Bank for reuse of sewage for industrial purpose.
