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Maharashtra govt outlines plan to make state drought free in 3 years
Updated On: 07 June, 2013 05:50 PM IST | | Agencies
Severely hit by drought since the past few years, the Maharashtra government has outlined a Rs 60,000 crore programme which includes creating decentralised water storage to make the state drought free in three years.
"Maharashtra is reeling under severe drought crisis. We have outlined an investment of Rs 60,000 crore over the next three years to ensure that Maharashtra is drought free," Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said at the 177th AGM of Bombay Chamber of Commerce here late last evening.u00a0
Chavan said that he has discussed the plan with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
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