I am not a package CM seeking popularity: Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister reiterates his belief in ‘long-term solutions’ to floods in western Maharashtra

Remarking that he was not merely a “package CM” but one who believed in providing genuine help for the flood-afflicted, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday stressed that he would not announce a package for rain-ravaged Konkan and western Maharashtra merely “for the sake of popularity”. He further emphasised that given the alarming consistency with which floods struck western Maharashtra, construction would no longer be allowed in the areas designated as “blue line” (maximum flood level in 25 years) and the “red line” (maximum flood level in 100 years) in the afflicted districts. Mr. Thackeray, who visited rain-battered Kolhapur, said that a relief package would be announced as soon as the government completed its survey of the damage caused by floods and rain-triggered mishaps.