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The State has also requested central aid for the long-pending Ghosikhurd irrigation project and the Tapi recharge irrigation project. The projects are expected to create 3.77 lakh hectares of irrigation potential in the regions, at a cost of ?13,600 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the implementation of a centrally sponsored scheme to complete 83 minor irrigation projects and eight major/medium projects. more-inThe BJP-led State government has received a boost to its electoral prospects, with the Centre clearing 91 irrigation projects for the drought-affected Marathwada and Vidarbha regions. Senior NCP leader Nawab Malik said, “The State has not created any substantial irrigation potential under this government..