Nagpur, India- Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis focused solely on improving Nagpur during his meeting at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai on Wednesday. He promised to immediately provide Rs 507 crore for healthcare in the city. The BJP's top leaders had asked Fadnavis to stay on as Deputy Chief Minister, so he got to work right away. In his first meeting, he talked about his plans for Nagpur and checked how different projects were going. He said Rs 639 crore would go towards Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH), and other healthcare places in Nagpur.

Fadnavis told the officers to quickly use Rs 507 crore of that money. During the long meeting, Fadnavis talked about many Nagpur things. He said the ground-breaking ceremony for the 612-bed Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital and Research Center at Indora would happen soon. After that, the work on another 300-bed hospital at Wathoda should start. They are making the Radiotherapy Department better at GMCH for cancer care. Fadnavis said they are giving the money needed for cancer care. They will also start building a 300-bed hospital at Wathoda on NIT's land quickly. Fadnavis also said they need to quickly give Rs 60 crore to renovate the Collector's office. He said they need to start working on projects at Shree Mahalakshmi Jagdamba Sansthan in Koradi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Research and Training Institute, Mahajyoti Institute, and the administrative building.

Senior officials like Shrikar Pardeshi, O. P. Gupta, Manisha Mhaiskar, Asim Kumar Gupta, Sonia Sethi, Dinesh Waghmare, Vijayalakshmi Bidari, Dr Vipin Itankar, Dr Abhijit Chaudhary, and others attended the meeting.

Projects that will be worked on soon include helping brick kiln owners in Mauja Bharatwada, releasing tenders for NIT’s Rs 716 crore sewage project, and building the Indus Art Gallery at Indora.