Amit Shah to confer Maharashtra Bhushan Award to Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will confer the Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2022 to spiritual leader and social activist Dattatreya Narayan alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on SundaySenior Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Shah arrived in Mumbai on Saturday evening on a twoday visit to MaharashtraElaborate arrangements have been made for the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony at the sprawling Corporate Park in Kharghar as the state government expects a crowd of 15 to 20 lakhThe Maharashtra Bhushan award will be conferred in the presence of Union minister Shah and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Dharmadhikari who has a massive following in the state due to his tree plantation drives blood donation and medical camps as well as deaddiction work in tribal areasAlso Read Amit Shah reaches Mumbai to hold key meet with senior BJP leaders CM ShindeThe state government in an official release earlier said 250 water tankers and 2100 taps have been installed at the venue along with 69 ambulances 350 doctors 100 nurses 32 mobile toilets 4200 portable toilets and 9000 temporary toiletsThe state transport department banned heavy vehicles like dumpers trucks tankers multiaxle 16 tonneplus trailers on the Kharghar to Insuli stretch of Mumbai Goa highway number 66 the MumbaiPune Expressway the MumbaiPune old highway and the AhmedabadMumbai highway on Saturday and SundayAs per an order issued on Friday by the state government 1520 lakh followers of Dharmadhikari are expected to attend the ceremony after coming from all parts of the state including Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Pune Dhule Jalgaon Nashik Mumbai and Thane on private vehicles state transport buses and trainsThe Maharashtra Bhushan award was instituted when the Shiv SenaBJP alliance came to power in 1995It was initially given to personalities in the fields of literature sports and science before being expanded to include those from social work journalism public administration and health servicesAfter the award ceremony Shah will fly to Goa where he will chair a meeting with BJP functionaries to discuss organisational issues and then address a public gathering in Farmagudi town 30 km from Panaji to kickstart the partys campaign in the coastal state for the 2024 Lok Sabha pollsWe are expecting more than 25000 people to attend the rally Allies will also take part This meeting will kickstart the BJPs Lok Sabha campaign in Goa state BJP general secretary Narendra Sawaikar earlier saidSawaikar exuded confidence the BJP would win both the Lok Sabha seats in GoaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever