Ajit to meet PM, seek money to complete irrigation projects

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : May 30 2013 | 9:42 PM IST
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today said the state would demand financial aid from the Centre to complete incomplete irrigation projects.
He would be having a meeting in this regard with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in Delhi on June 5, he said.
The financial package will help the state to complete projects in the pipeline and add to the irrigation potential of the state, he said.
Pawar also said President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the new Maharashtra Sadan complex in the national capital on June 4.
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First Published: May 30 2013 | 9:42 PM IST

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