A Japanese boost for Mumbai
Updated On: 28 August, 2023 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis returns from the land of the rising sun with a bouquet of big-ticket announcements and more campaign material for the party that says it has delivered the most for the city since 2014
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BJP workers gather to welcome Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis at Mumbai airport
Devendra Fadnavis, the man, whom we had called a reluctant deputy CM last year during the unprecedented power shift, has embarked on a mission to fulfil a vision that he had shared as the then CM, especially in terms of Mumbai’s infrastructural makeover. His second visit to Japan last week, the first was as head of the state, has widened the collaboration between Maharashtra and Japanese agencies (infra and financial), industries, educational institutions and Indian diaspora. This visit becomes important because the Japanese government had invited Fadnavis, the first ever from Maharashtra to get such an honour. He landed in Mumbai to a rousing welcome from hundreds of party workers and leaders. His arrival marked a bouquet of announcements that he is expected to see to their logical end, just like the ones he had made eight-nine years ago.
As credit must be given where it is due, Fadnavis had been able to change the perception that CMs, mostly coming from places other than Mumbai, did not bother much to upgrade the city’s living conditions and rapid transport system, among other things. Citizens surviving here despite the hardships have done so solely owing to the ‘Mumbai spirit’ even as successive governments, state and civic, did not live up to expectations. The Shanghai dream died early, but not before adding to the city’s woes.
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