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State Government | Maharashtra - India | PID: 179668
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We want the state government to also speed up the efforts to set up the cluster in Nashik at the earliest. We discussed the issued with the district guardian minister during the meeting,” said Talwar.“Mahajan assured us that the defence cluster would be set up in Nashik shortly and that Bhamre has also promised that the major part of the defence cluster would be set up in Nashik city only,” added Talwar. Nashik: Nashik will have a major role in the proposed defence cluster as a manufacturing base, district guardian minister Girish Mahajan said.The minister made the assurance during a meeting with a delegation of industrialists while he was on a visit to the city.The delegation included representatives from of the Ambad Industries & Manufacturers Association (AIMA) and Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MCCIA).During his meeting with industrialists in July last year, Union minister of state for defence Subhash Bhamre had announced the project for Nashik.Bhamre had reportedly said that Nashik has been identified among the five cities in Maharashtra for defence cluster project and added that the first project in Maharashtra would come up in Nashik city.Nagpur, Auranbagad, Pune and Ahmednagar were the other four cities that have been identified for the project.Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, however, recently announced that the first defence cluster project in the state would be set up in Nagpur, leading to disappointment among Nashik industrialists.The delegation, including MCCIA state president Santosh Mandlecha and AIMA president Varun Talwar met guardian minister Mahajan during his visit to Nashik on Thursday.“We were expecting that the first defence cluster project would be set up in Nashik, but it has been announced for Nagpur
| Updated on: 18 - Aug - 2018
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