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Residents of 18 villages to observe bandh today to oppose merger into KMC limits
Kolhapur: Residents of 18 villages and two MIDCs slated for merger into Kolhapur municipal limits would observe a '
bandh
' on Tuesday, saying they would approach the Bombay high court for a stay if govt tried to impose the merger on them.
Besides, they plan to boycott upcoming elections and bar administrative officials from entering their areas.
Members of the All Party Anti-Merger Action Committee held a press conference at the Kolhapur Press Club, criticising the proposed merger. They taunted minister Hasan Mushrif for suggesting that if govt wanted to merge certain areas into Kolhapur civic limits, they should also include Kagal in the proposal.
Kolhapur Municipal Corporation had sent a proposal to state govt to merge Shiroli, Nagaon, Valivade-Gandhinagar, Mudshingi, Sarnobatwadi, Gokul Shirgaon, Pachgaon, Morewadi, Ujlaiwadi, Balinge, Kalamba, Uchgaon, Vadipir, Ambewadi, Vadange, Shiye, Shingnapur, Nagdevwadi, besides Shiroli and Gokul Shirgaon MIDCs, into the municipal limits.
President of the anti-merger committee and Uchgaon sarpanch Madhukar Chavan, said, "Public representatives who have no connection with the merger are seen more interested in it.
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While Kolhapur city is still stuck with problems, it will be impossible to develop the surrounding rural areas by including them in the civic limits."
Ujlaiwadi sarpanch Uttam Ambavdekar said, "The urban development authority established for 42 fringe villages adjoining Kolhapur city hasn't received a single rupee for the last several years. As demanded by MLAs Chandradeep Narke and Amal Mahadik, the Kolhapur Urban Development Authority should be provided Rs 2,000 crore to develop 42 villages. Once it is done, we can think of merger."
A meeting on the proposed merger is likely to take place in Mumbai on Tuesday in the presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis, guardian minister Prakash Abitkar, Mushrif, along with all MLAs and MPs from the district.
