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C CM VISITS JAPAN INTERVIEW: PRAKASH MEHTA CHIKHALDARA AND MELGHAT HUPARI SILVER JEWELLERY VOL.4 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2015 ` 50 PAGES 52 A CLEAN, GREEN AND SMART STATE IN THE MAKING I 1 PICTURE PERFECT 8 2 7 3 6 4 MAHARASHTRA 5 Here are a few images of some of the cities that have taken successful steps towards cleanliness under Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan. A new era of cleanliness has begun in the State... 1 5 DAPOLI BEAUTIFUL By becoming open KONKAN defecation free (ODF), A lot of good work is Dapoli city has created being done in the an ideal for other Konkan division under Municipal Councils. the mission. Many Clean roads and green Municipal Councils and cover have made the villages have become city picturesque. open defecation free. 2 6 MAHAD SATARA The place was once Keeping up with its famous for social historic legacy, Satara reforms during the has put up a good show freedom movement. under the cleanliness Today, Mahad is better mission. The city is now known for its lead in ODF and waste cleanliness reform by management is in becoming open progress. defecation free. 3 7 WAI GUHAGAR Blessed by nature, The seashore of Konkan cleanliness has added is considered the more beauty to Wai. cleanest. With The picture perfect city Swachhta Abhiyan in now hosts greater place, Guhagar beach number of domestic of Maharashtra has and foreign artists taken a leap to become coming in for shooting. a clean beach. 4 8 RURAL TOILETS VILLAGES WITH Awareness about THE ODF TAG sanitation has led to Swachh Maharashtra toilets being Abhiyan has constructed throughout transformed many the rural areas of the villages. Freedom from State, leading to a open defecation has decline in cases of open made the rural setting defecation. more beautiful. A CLEAN, GREEN AND SMART STATE IN THE MAKING CONTENTS WHAT’S INSIDE 05 COVER STORY A CLEAN, GREEN AND SMART STATE IN THE MAKING Following the launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi last year, the State Government launched the Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan. In its first year, around 20 cities have gone open defecation free 21 24 28 30 FOREIGN VISIT IN PERSON FORTS NUMBER ONE ALLIANCE PRAKASH MEHTA THE TWIN TACTIC SEEDS OF WITH AN EDGE Minister for Housing, Mining and OF DEFENCE OPPORTUNITY Chief Minister’s four-day visit Labour and also Guardian Minister With its interesting A high-value crop, pomegranate to Japan once again showed of Raigad says 19 lakh houses geomorphology, Maharashtra is of great economic importance. signs of greater economic would be built in the next five offered rulers the advantage of It has also been a boon for engagement between Japan and years under Housing for All apart securing their bigger forts with many farmers in Maharashtra. India, particularly Maharashtra from redeveloping Dharavi slum smaller ones in the vicinity The fruit is symbolic of plenty 32 34 38 40 CULTURE CURRY FIELD VISIT SIMHASTHA KUMBH WANDERLUST WHERE THE “JALYUKTA SHIVAR IS A HOLY DIP WET AND WILD ANKLETS RING THE WAY TO GO” The second and third Shahi Snan Chikhaldara and Melghat are Hupari near Kolhapur in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2015 ideal summer hill town resorts in Maharashtra has the distinction of visited Marathwada, Ahmednagar took place on September 13 Amravati district with rare being the land of the white metal. and Solapur to have an and 25, respectively. Nashik and panoramic sights that exude The silver jewels produced here on-the-spot survey of drought Trimbakeshwar saw devotees charm. Blessed with rich find ardent buyers across the world situation in the region take holy dips in river Godavari biodiversity they are a must visit DISCLAIMER: V IEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THE MAGAZINE ARE THOSE OF WRITERS MAHARASHTRA AHEAD OCTOBER 2015 03 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK VOL. 4 ISSUE 10 OCTOBER 2015 `50 PAGES 52 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar MANAGING EDITOR Chandrashekhar Oak TURNING SWACHH ASSIGNMENT EDITOR Devendra Bhujbal MAHARASHTRA INTO REALITY EDITOR Kirti Pande onourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious EXECUTIVE EDITOR Kriti Lalla Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on October 2 last year. Indeed, our image not only depends on prosperity, but also on ‘Swachhata’. Hence the Prime TEAM CO-ORDINATION Minister exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean EDITING H Suresh Wandile andSwachh Indiaby October 2019. Following the footsteps of the Honourable (Deputy Director) Prime Minister, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has pledged to make ADMINISTRATION Maharashtra ‘Swachh’ andopen defecationfree. Digamber Palve (Sr. Assistant Director) Maharashtra has always been a pioneering State for practicing Swachhata. Sant SALES AND CIRCULATION Gadgebaba Swachhta Abhiyan gained a huge success in the State. The State has Ashwini Pujari received many national-level awards under Nirmal Gram Yojana. However, for (Sub-Editor) Swachh Maharashtra there shouldbe consistency in practices of cleanliness. Each of us shouldtake pledgefor Swachh Maharashtra. We all must get MEDIA TRANSASIA together to make Maharashtra clean, green andsmart. ASSOCIATE EDITOR JyotiVerma The Swachhtechi Saptapdi initiative for ASSISTANT EDITOR urban cleanliness in the State has given PallaviSingh further impetus to the mission ledby DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR the Chief Minister. Under the initiative, Sachin Jain a pledge for cleanliness was taken by CHAIRMAN urban local bodies. In the first stage, J.S. Uberoi total 19 cities from the State PRESIDENT reciprocatedto the pledgeby taking Xavier Collaco several initiatives for cleanliness. The initiatives taken by these cities provedto Maharashtra Aheadis printed be their first step towards transforming on behalf of the Directorate General State into clean andopen defecation of Information andPublic Relations, free by the year 2018. Government of Maharashtra, at KALA JYOTHI PROCESS PVT. LTD. Recently, Chief Minister visitedover 40 Plot No.W-17 & W-18, MIDC, drought-affected villages of Taloja Industrial Area, Marathwada, Ahmednagar and Solapur Taloja-410 208, Navi Mumbai to give solace to the farmers Letters shouldbe addressedto experiencing difficulties due to erratic Directorate General of Information rains. During the visit, he interacted and Public Relations, New Administrative Building, with more than 30,000 farmers at their 17th Floor, Opposite Mantralaya, farms. Chief Minister assuredthe Mumbai-400032. farmers that Government is always with Email: them. A special article relatedto this visit is part of the issue. maharashtraahead.dgipr @gmail.com Please visit the website The Chief Minister’s Japan tour provedto be very fruitful from industrial http://dgipr.maharashtra.gov.in investment andsocial aspect. The tour has madethe ties between Maharashtra Directorate General of Information andJapan stronger. In Japan, Chief Minister unveiledthe life-size statue of andPublic Relations Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Koyasan University. Various MoUs on Smart City, A Government of Maharashtra Production bullet train andtrans-harbour link were inkedduringthe visit. The article on the visit is also part of the issue. Maharashtra’s pomegranate, silver jewellery of Hupari, green destinations of Melghat andChikhaldaraandthe Shahi Snan of Simhastha Kumbh Mela are other highlights of the issue. We welcome your feedback and suggestions. Manisha Patankar-Mhaiskar Editor-in-Chief, Maharashtra Ahead, DGIPR Directorate General of Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra SWACHHTA ABHIYAN CHIEF MINISTER SPEAKS “LET’S MAKE SWACHH MAHARASHTRA A PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT” A dream of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan requires involvement of one and all. The Chief Minister in his piece for Maharashtra Ahead shares State’s strategy for the mega programme aharashtra is a State that is going through faster urbanisation. Almost half of its population lives in cities. The proportion is on the rise. Due to lack of planning at an earlier stage, the State is on the threshold of facing various ‘urban’ issues. The most important issue that has arisen due the concentration of unplanned and uncontrolled urbanisation in Mspecific strips is that of sanitation. Taking cognisance of the same, we are implementing Swachh Maharashtra Abhiyan on priority. Government of India launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan across the nation last year. The State mission is based on the same lines. We are implementing the seven elements of Swachh Bharat Mission given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the State. The ‘seven steps to cleanliness’ constitute firm resolve to participate, extensive public participation, 100 per cent use of toilets, waste collection—classification—trans- port, scientific processing of wastes, processing of drainage water and creation of Green Maha - rashtra. Effective implementation of these seven steps can bring a change in Maharashtra. The steps must be taken together and with MAHARASHTRA AHEAD OCTOBER 2015 05 SWACHHTA ABHIYAN CHIEF MINISTER SPEAKS parti cipation of people. It should not be the A FUND FOR CLEANLINESS initiative of Government alone. The elected he funds that will be allocated under 14th Finance Commission representatives and leaders of local self- to all the cities will henceforth include the funds for the government bodies should convey this mission to Timplementation of sanitation mission. The distribution of concerned the people with firmness. Then and then alone the city funds will thus depend upon the actions taken for maintaining mission will be completely successful.