Centre to provide â¹55,000 cr to Maharashtra for irrigation
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced a central grant of â¹55,000 crore to complete the 140 ongoing irrigation projects in Maharashtra. He also announced plans to increase the area under irrigation from 18.8% to 40% over the next two years. Promising greater transparency in the irrigation projects, Gadkari said his government will have zero tolerance towards corruption.