Aurangabad Apr 19 PTI Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Rajesh Tope on Monday said his Shiv Sena colleagues in the state government Sandipan Bhumre and Abdul Sattar should follow the policy of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and should not turn away workers of his party Tope was speaking at an NCP workers meet here in the presence of Baramati Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule He said NCP workers were facing problems and assured the gathering he would speak to Bhumre and Sattar to not turn them away PTI AW BNM BNM

Aurangabad Nov 28 PTI The Maharashtra government is taking steps to help Marathwada overcome water scarcity including modernizing the canals of Jayakwadi Dam to help tail-end farmers state irrigation minister Jayant Patil said here on Sunday He and the state irrigation department secretary were felicitated here for sanctioning the disbursal of 1929 TMC thousand million cubic feet water from Godavari Basin and 4454 TMC from Penganga Basin for Marathwada In last rainy season 550 TMC of water flowed from Marathwada to the neighboring state The state government is taking effective steps to make water available for Marathwada The new allotments of water will help overcome scarcity I have given the nod today to undertake water works in Nanded as well he said The government has given sanction to undertake surveys of the 132 kilometre right and 208 km left canals of Jayakwadi and modernize them in the next three to four years he added State Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde who was present on the occasion said water must be available in the region even if it doesnt rain so that sugarcane workers do not have to go in search of work anywhere else Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the economy of several districts in the region was dependent on agriculture while Sandipan Bhumre said the land irrigated by Jayakwadi had come down from 2 lakh hectares earlier to 80000 hectares now There is need to give water by turns from the upper projects to Jayakwadi by February in case of scarcity Bhumre added PTI AW BNM BNM BNM