Maharashtra Day: The journey to success

Maharashtra Day was celewith enthusiasm brated on across the state Wednesday. The day was marked by speeches, parades, cultural programmes, competitions and seminars to honour the state's establishment in 1960.

Speaking at the Maharashtra Foundation Day event held at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Governor Ramesh Bais called the state an economic powerhouse that played a key role in the country's development.

The geographical condition of Maharashtra is conducive to industrial development, and the state has always been a centre of attraction for investment, be it domestic or foreign, the governor said.

"Our state is an economic and financial powerhouse, which has always played an important role in the infrastructure development of the country. Maharashtra is one of the leading states when it comes to agriculture, industrial products and manufacturing, trade and transportation," he said.