nagpur deputy chief minister devendra fadnavis on sunday said vidarbha would be developed as a logistics hub through road airport and rail expansionthe option of sustainable irrigation will be available in the next few years through wainganganalganga river linking project after which the region would never face water scarcity he saidinteracting with participants at a conference on vidarbhas development organized by vivek spark foundation and vidarbha economic development ved council fadnavis said in the next few years vidarbha will emerge as a leading region in terms of development and social securitybjps doubleengine government has given new wings of development to this economically backward region which suffered from discrimination in terms of development for several decades during the tenure of congress government now the development of vidarbha is on a fasttrack due to samruddhi expressway which will give impetus to the states economy he saidstressing that central and state governments have already started making efforts to make vidarbha a droughtfree economically prosperous and industrial and logistics hub in the future fadnavis said he had started the development process when he was chief minister from 201419 and now it was put on a fast trackin spite of discrimination faced by vidarbha over the years the region is now progressing day and night nagpurs new airport is coming up soon the collector has been given the authority of joint managing director of mihan project so that decisions can be made quickly he saidon his pet project jal yukta shivar fadnavis said it had helped in increasing the groundwater level in maharashtra