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In 2010, the Government had launched the construction of the Rs.118-
crore phase I of the Shirdi Airport project over a 750-acre land atKakdi village, about 10 km from Shirdi, but the same has been held up
for nearly 6 months now owing to paucity of funds.
The Government had urged the Shirdi Temple Trust to providefinancial assistance of Rs.50 crore for the Airport project,which is being implemented by the Maharashtra Airport
Development Company, a special purpose vehicle headed bythe Chief Minister.
It's not just the Airport, but funds are also required to operationalize aRs.200-crore makeover plan for Shirdi, mainly through the
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation. The plan was
cleared in July 2008 by the government, which had also announcedformation of the Shirdi Development Authority to recast Shirdi
Township on the lines of Tirupati.
Things haven't progressed much on the makeover front, barring fewsteps like acquisition of land for the Ring Road project and some Road-
widening works. Overall, the Plan mentioned projects like construction
of a 6 km long Skywalk around Shirdi Temple,Footpaths, Pedestrian Pathways, a 10-level-high multi-layer Parking
lot, Ring Road and a bypass road for the Traffic.Similarly, widening and reconstruction of around 25 km of road in and
around Shirdi finds mention.
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