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Sachin Tendulkar Alongwith Pepsi Will Help Combat Drought in Maharashtra
Sachin Tendulkar held a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and discussed how to help the drought hit in the state.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar to discuss the drought issue in the state. (Image credit: Devendra Fadnavis/Twitter)© Twitter
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Sachin Tendulkar met Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
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They discussed how to help the drought hit
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IPL matches were shifted out of Maharashtra due to drought
Mumbai:
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and PepsiCo will jointly help Maharashtra government tackle the drought in Marathwada.
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today held a meeting with Tendulkar in this regard.
"Delighted to meet Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar. He & Pepsi are putting together a plan for drought relief in Marathwada," Fadnavis tweeted.
Delighted to meet Bharat Ratna @sachin_rt .
- Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) April 21, 2016
He & @PepsiCo putting together a plan for drought relief in Marathwada. pic.twitter.com/MgP5sCWjAH
Marathwada is one of the worst affected regions in the state where, as per the latest official figures, seven major dams in districts of Aurangabad, Parbhani, Beed, Nanded and Osmanabad are left with no water.
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
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