On October 2 over 3000 farmers from 32 villages of Shahpur will take a silent protest rally to the Tehsildar office in Shahpur.
To protest against the proposed land acquisition by the government for Mumbai Nagpur super communication highway and megacity, the Shahpur farmers will organise a Mook Morcha (silent protest) on October 2. Since its Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, the protest will be totally non-violent devoid of any sloganeering.
On October 2 over 3000 farmers from 32 villages of Shahpur will take a silent protest rally to the Tehsildar office in Shahpur. "The proposed highway and megacity are going to destroy the livelihoods of farmers and villagers as their land will be acquired by the government for the same," says Baban Harane, co-ordinator of Mumbai Nagpur super corridor mega city virodhi sangharsh samiti which has all the farmers as members.
"We will have black bands on our mouth and there will be no sloganeering during the protest march. The women members of our mahila bachat groups will hand over our plea to the Tehsildar requesting them to use one of the four lanes of neighboring Mumbai Nashik highway for the super communication highway. This is better rather than displacing 3000 farmers," Harane added.
The 80 to 85 km super communication highway is going to bring down the travel time between Mumbai to Nagpur to 10 hours from current 16 to 18 hours. However, 60km of the highway passes through Shahpur thus, leading to 3000 farmers losing their land for the same.
"We will get only pollution and losses in the name of this highway and we have given enough land in the past for development and progress of the state," Harane further said referring to Bhatsa dam.
In 1967, land from four villages of Shahpur .i.e. Palheri, Pachvire, Vakicha pada and Ghode Paul was acquired by the state government for building the dam. However, the farmers who lost their lands for the dam are still fighting to get the promised compensation even after 50 years. "If those assurances were not fulfilled how can we trust the government to give us what they promise us now?" Harane questioned.
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