Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is on a project launching spree. He recently inaugurated 18 projects and attended a ground-breaking ceremony of 14 projects worth Rs 1,300 crore. The BMC is going to spend around Rs 780 crore on the beautification of the surroundings of various temples. The cost of developing the Siddhivinayak temple corridor alone is Rs 500 crore.

Under this project, an area spanning 5 km will be developed. The beautification of the Mumbadevi area will cost Rs 220 crore, and the BMC will spend Rs 60 crore for the Mahalaxmi corridor. The CM also said that the state government had started and expedited various infra projects in the past two years. Netas are certainly on a spree as the elections are weeks away. While this is expected, we must see that all these projects are necessary and actually seen through to completion by whoever comes to power.