Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde MUMBAI: Maharashtra has the strength to become the powerhouse of the nation. It is the Growth Engine of our country and Thane is a 'Model' in development,” said Chief Minister Shri Eknath Shinde here today. He was speaking at the Thane Vikas Parishad -2024 under the Mumbai Mahanagar Pradesh organised at the Dr Kashinath Ghanekar Natyagruh.

The state excise minister and the guardian minister of Thane District, Shambhuraj Desai, Vice-president of the planning board, Rajesh Kshirsagar, Member of Parliament, Naresh Mahske, legislator Pratap Sarnaik, former legislator Ravindra Phathak, chief executive officer of Mitra , Praveen Singh Pardeshi, principal secretary of environment and climate change department. Praveen Darade, chief executive officer of Mhada, Sanjeev Jaiswal, chief executive officer of the Mumbai slum rehabilitation authority, Dr Mahendra Kalyankar, district magistrate Ashok Shingare, commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation. Sourabh Rao, joint chief executive officer of Mitra, Sushil Khodvekar and Aman Mittal, member secretary of Maharashtra pollution control board, Avinash Dhakne, chief executive officer of Slum rehabilitation authority, Paraag Soman, director of tourism department, B N Patil, commissioner of Navi Mumbai municipal corporation, Dr Kailash Shinde, Industrial Development commissioner, Dipendra Singh Kushvaha, additional development commissioner, Pradeep Chandran, Vikram Kumar of MMRD, Commissioner of Kalyan-Dombivli .