NAGPUR: Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra's newly appointed chief minister, has started an austerity drive by implementing it on himself.

According to BJP sources, the CM has chosen to travel from Mumbai to Nagpur on Sunday by a private carrier instead of a government plane.

Not only is he paying from his own pocket, Fadnavis will also be travelling economy class.

The second youngest CM of state would be arriving with wife Amruta and daughter Divija by a Jet Airways aircraft that would land in the city in the evening.

"He could have requisitioned the government plane or even a charter flight. He has always supported austerity measures from the beginning of his career," sources said, adding that, as an MLA, Fadnavis always hired a taxi to reach the MLA hostel in Mumbai.