Centre Funds Food Street Hubs at Shegaon, Shirdi

The Central Government on May 29, 2026, approved Food Street Hubs at Shegaon and Shirdi, allocating Rs 1 crore to each site under a national food safety initiative.

Both towns are high-footfall pilgrimage destinations. Shegaon draws devotees of Sant Gajanan Maharaj, while Shirdi sees massive crowds at the Sai Baba shrine. The hubs are designed to deliver clean, hygienic, and nutritious food to pilgrims while enforcing standardized food safety norms across vendors.

Devo ke saath, khana bhi sahi ho - that appears to be the government's logic here. With funding confirmed, the focus now shifts to implementation: whether these hubs actually clean up the unregulated food scenes that surround both temples.