Overview
- The cabinet cleared the Mukhyamantri Baliraja Shet‑Panand Raste Yojana to build motorable approach roads linking fields to villages across the state.
- A high‑level committee led by Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule will oversee implementation.
- Procurement will use 25‑km cluster tendering with waivers on survey and measurement fees, police bandobast costs, and royalties on soil, sand, murum and stone.
- The plan mandates tree plantation along both sides of completed roads and calls for removing encroachments on routes recorded in village maps.
- Officials target an initial phase benefiting 50,000 farmers over 1 lakh acres, with rollout planned in every district following the Dec 7 meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.