Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse on Friday dismissed reports which said 10 thousand litres of water was wasted in creating a helipad for him in drought-hit Latur.
Khadse said "very little" water was used for making the helipad in Belkund and that the issue was being blown out of proportion.
The helipad was built after Khadse decided not to take the 40-minute road from Latur city to Belkund to inaugurate a water supply system in the village.
Ruling BJP spokesperson, Shaina NC, defended the Minister saying, "Khadseji is a senior minister not keeping greatest of health. Despite that he went to Latur to have a meeting with collectors of Beed, Osmanbad and Latur and all the drought affected areas where a mammoth project was unfolded ," Shaina NC said.
Opposition Congress said the decision to build a helipad was insensitive. "This is criminal. The government does not understand what exactly is the problem of those people," Congress leader Sachin Sawant said.
Latur, severely hit by drought in Marathwada, now depends on water trains with 15 lakh litres till now transported from the Krishna River.
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