Mumbai: Maharashtra will display a tableau featuring its ‘Madhache Gaon‘ (honey village) project at the Bharat Parv event in New Delhi as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The tableau was to feature in the Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path, but following a directive from the Centre, the state’s ‘honey village’ tableau will be displayed as part of the Bharat Parv event.
In 2022, Maharashtra’s first honey village was inaugurated in Manghar near Mahabaleshwar in Satara. Officials said Mahabaleshwar is the capital of apiary operations in Maharashtra, and Manghar is now a tourist destination too. Maharashtra produces around 1.25 lakh kg of honey per year, around 35,000kg of which is made in and around Mahabaleshwar. The tableau will cost Rs 60 lakh. Interestingly, Satara is deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s native district too. This year, 15 states and UTs, and 11 ministries and departments of the Centre will display their tableaux during Republic Day parade.
“Instructions were received to prepare tableaux for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Accordingly, among the topics placed before the ministry of defence, ‘honey village’ was finalised. However, the central govt informed that the said tableau will not be displayed in the parade on Kartavya Path, but will be kept at Bharat Parv. Accordingly, as the estimated cost of the said tableau would be approximately Rs 60 lakhs,” a govt resolution issued by the state culture department said. In the 2023 state budget, then finance minister Devendra Fadnavis said the ‘honey village’ initiative of MSKVIB will be expanded.
Mumbai: Maharashtra will display a tableau featuring its ‘Madhache Gaon’ (honey village) project at the Bharat Parv event in New Delhi as part of the Republic Day celebrations. The tableau was to feature in the Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path, but following a directive from the Centre, the state’s ‘honey village’ tableau will be displayed as part of the Bharat Parv event.
In 2022, Maharashtra’s first honey village was inaugurated in Manghar near Mahabaleshwar in Satara. Officials said Mahabaleshwar is the capital of apiary operations in Maharashtra, and Manghar is now a tourist destination too. Maharashtra produces around 1.25 lakh kg of honey per year, around 35,000kg of which is made in and around Mahabaleshwar. The tableau will cost Rs 60 lakh. Interestingly, Satara is deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde’s native district too. This year, 15 states and UTs, and 11 ministries and departments of the Centre will display their tableaux during Republic Day parade.
“Instructions were received to prepare tableaux for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. Accordingly, among the topics placed before the ministry of defence, ‘honey village’ was finalised. However, the central govt informed that the said tableau will not be displayed in the parade on Kartavya Path, but will be kept at Bharat Park. Accordingly, as the estimated cost of the said tableau would be approximately Rs 60 lakhs,” a govt resolution issued by the state culture department said. In the 2023 state budget, then finance minister Devendra Fadnavis said the ‘honey village’ initiative of MSKVIB will be expanded.
