Marathwada once fought injustice of Nizam, now handling pandemic well: Maha CM

The residents of Marathwada region have fought the injustice of the Nizam rule in the past and are now efficiently tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said here on FridaySpeaking on the occasion of the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din Marathwada Liberation Day he said the real development of the region would begin now and announced a government medical college in Parbhani district and a turmeric processing unit in Hingoli districtThackeray visited the Marathwada Mukti Sangram memorial at Siddharth Garden here and paid floral tributes to the martyrs of the liberation movementLarge parts of the Marathwada region in central Maharashtra were under the Nizam rule prior to 1948Thackeray said The residents of Marathwada have faced the injustice of Nizam but kept fighting against him Despite the arrogance of Nizam people here refused to become a part of the Nizam state and joined India as their countryLast year I couldnt come here due to the pandemic The residents here have fought with Nizam rule earlier likewise they are now fighting the pandemic well he addedThe chief minister announced various projects for the regionAlso ReadWhy do you hate Nehru so much Sanjay Raut to CentreMarathwada is a land of saints and so we are going to start a Sant Peeth an institute that will teach the preachings of saints here at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University In future this should become a seperate university he saidThe Nizam period structures are not a matter of pride We are planning to redevelop the buildings of 150 Nizamera schools in the region The government has also planned a medical college in Parbhani Along with this funds will be allocated for building roads and an underground drainage line scheme in Aurangabad city and for the water supply scheme in Parbhani The JalnaNanded expressway will add to the development of Marathwada he saidThe government would work on improving Aurangabads connectivity with other places he saidReferring to the AIMIM workers protest in the city in the morning wherein they sarcastically thanked the chief minister for resolving the issues that plagued the region Thackeray said A few people stood with boards in their hands to welcome me But the development that has taken place so far is not the real developmentYou will see the real development from now onUnion minister Dr Bhagwat Karad Maharashtra ministers Balasaheb Thorat Subhash Desai Sandipan Bhumre Abdul Sattar Uday Samant MPs Imtiaz Jaleel and Anil Desai were present on the occasionTalking about the proposed AurangabadAhemadnagar railway line Thackeray urged Karad to look into the issue and also discuss the issue with Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Danve about itThe government is also thinking to connect Aurangabad to Shirdi by air to boost tourism Aurangabad city will also get a synthetic track for sportspersons the chief minister saidThis 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