Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde meets MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray at the latters residence in the Dadar area in MumbaiThis was Shindes first visit to Shivtirtha Thackerays residence since last years state assembly pollsThe Shiv Sena president was accompanied by his party colleague and industries minister Uday Samant Thackerays son Amit and Mumbai MNS president Sandeep Deshpande were also present during Shindes visit sources told PTIA Shiv Sena functionary told PTI that Raj Thackeray had invited Eknath Shinde for dinnerBut the meeting assumes significance as elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation the Mumbai civic body are expected to be held this year The elections have been pending for three yearsThe MNS over the last two months has sought to revive its agitation demanding that Marathi should be used everywhere in the stateThe 2024 assembly elections saw a triangular battle between Sada Sarvankar of the Shindeled Shiv Sena Amit Thackeray who made his electoral debut and Shiv Sena UBTs Mahesh Sawant in Mahim constituency Sawant won the contestMumbai roads to be fully concretised by April 2027 Deputy CM ShindeThe road network in Mumbai will be fully concretised and made potholefree by April 2027 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Tuesday reported PTIWhen he became chief minister in 2022 his government decided to concretise 700 km of roads in the city and the work was in progress on 400 km of roads he saidBetween December 2026 to MarchApril 2027 100 per cent of roads will be concretised Shinde told reportersThe deputy CM who is also the Urban Development Minister was inspecting the progress of the concretisation of roads before the start of the monsoonUtility ducts have been made along the roads so that there is no need to dig them up again and again for fresh utility works he further saidM60 material is being used for Ultra Thin White Topping of roads Shinde said adding The roads will last for 2530 years and will be accidentfree and potholefree reported PTIShiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray an MLA from the city and other opposition leaders have alleged financial irregularities in the ongoing concretisation of roadsWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params