Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on September 16 announced a comprehensive package of ₹45,000 crore for the development of the drought-affected Marathwada region in the State.
The decision to implement various projects was taken during the first Cabinet meeting held in Marathwada’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, formerly known as Aurangabad, after a gap of seven years to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Marathwada Mukti Sangram (Marathwada freedom struggle).
The region, consisting of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nanded, Latur, Jalna, Beed, Parbhani, Dharashiv (formerly known as Osmanabad), and Hingoli districts, had been liberated from Nizam’s rule by the Indian forces on September 17, 1948. The last such meeting was organised in the region in 2016.
