NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad insisted that the Maharashtra government should not delay in bringing out the white paper on irrigation because the delay is causing a shadow of doubt. NCP leader Ajit Pawar resigned from the post of deputy chief minister of Maharashtra ahead of a white paper on irrigation to be tabled in the Assembly and the beginning of CAG audit into irrigation projects. Rs 70,000 crore were spent on these projects over a decade with only a 0.01 per cent increase in irrigated area.
