Farmers from Sangli district lie on ground to oppose land mapping for Shaktipeeth
Kolhapur: Farmers from Atpadi tehsil's Shetphale village in Sangli district protested against highway officials conducting land surveys for the Maharashtra Shaktipeeth Highway by lying on the ground amid heavy police presence.
Their key demand was that compensation criteria for land acquisition should be announced before the survey proceeded.
The revenue department sent notices to the farmers on Tuesday, a day before the land mapping survey, informing them about the survey for the Shaktipeeth Highway land acquisition. From Shetphale village, more than 40 hectares of land owned by 429 farmers will be acquired for this project. When the land survey officials arrived on Wednesday, farmers strongly opposed the survey despite the heavy police presence.
Atpadi tehsildar Sagar Dhawale and inspector Vinay Bahir were also present at the spot.
One of the land survey officials said, "A land mapping survey for the Shaktipeeth Highway will be held between June 25 and Aug 10 in the 19 villages from four tehsils in Sangli district. This is a time-bound programme as instructed by state govt. This survey will be conducted in Atpadi, Kavathe Mahankal, Tasgaon and Miraj tehsils in Sangli district in the presence of the police force."
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The discontent among farmers has increased as the administration started the survey without announcing the compensation criteria for the project-affected farmers.
Satish Sakhalkar, an activist from the Shaktipeeth Highway Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti from Sangli district, said, "Farmers in Sangli district will not allow such authoritarian tendencies to continue. The Shaktipeeth Highway will cause huge losses to farmers, agriculture and the environment.
The risk of major floods in the villages around Sangli will increase. Many future generations of farmers will be affected.
The highway should be cancelled. We are ready to fight a battle against govt for our demand."
On Tuesday, the state cabinet meeting chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis approved a provision of Rs 20,787 crore to accelerate the Maharashtra Shaktipeeth Highway (High-Speed Expressway) project of 802.6km that will connect 12 districts of the state and create a religious tourism circuit by connecting the Shaktipeeths.
Kolhapur: Farmers from Atpadi tehsil's Shetphale village in Sangli district protested against highway officials conducting land surveys for the Maharashtra Shaktipeeth Highway by lying on the ground amid heavy police presence. Their key demand was that compensation criteria for land acquisition should be announced before the survey proceeded.
The revenue department sent notices to the farmers on Tuesday, a day before the land mapping survey, informing them about the survey for the Shaktipeeth Highway land acquisition.
From Shetphale village, more than 40 hectares of land owned by 429 farmers will be acquired for this project. When the land survey officials arrived on Wednesday, farmers strongly opposed the survey despite the heavy police presence. Atpadi tehsildar Sagar Dhawale and inspector Vinay Bahir were also present at the spot.
One of the land survey officials said, "A land mapping survey for the Shaktipeeth Highway will be held between June 25 and Aug 10 in the 19 villages from four tehsils in Sangli district.
This is a time-bound programme as instructed by state govt. This survey will be conducted in Atpadi, Kavathe Mahankal, Tasgaon and Miraj tehsils in Sangli district in the presence of the police force."
The discontent among farmers has increased as the administration started the survey without announcing the compensation criteria for the project-affected farmers.
Satish Sakhalkar, an activist from the Shaktipeeth Highway Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti from Sangli district, said, "Farmers in Sangli district will not allow such authoritarian tendencies to continue.
The Shaktipeeth Highway will cause huge losses to farmers, agriculture and the environment. The risk of major floods in the villages around Sangli will increase. Many future generations of farmers will be affected.
The highway should be cancelled. We are ready to fight a battle against govt for our demand."
On Tuesday, the state cabinet meeting chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis approved a provision of Rs 20,787 crore to accelerate the Maharashtra Shaktipeeth Highway (High-Speed Expressway) project of 802.6km that will connect 12 districts of the state and create a religious tourism circuit by connecting the Shaktipeeths.
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