The procession included Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs and state MLAs from the ruling Mahayuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, besides independent farmer leaders, who marched from Dussehra Chowk to the collector's office.
Thousands of affected farmers from 12 districts joined the protest, through which the planned Rs 86,500 crore, 802 km long inter-state (Maharashtra-Goa) expressway will pass, billed as the pet project of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Is.
Chhatrapati Shrimant Shahu Maharaj said: "Wherever the farmers are, I will be with them."
He said he would raise their concerns on the expressway with the government.
“Farmers are strongly opposing this project,” he told media persons in March.We fully support them. We will meet the collector and discuss the issue."
Earlier, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ashok Chavan had also said that if farmers are not in favor of the expressway, they should not sacrifice their agricultural land.
802 km long Shaktipeeth Expressway 701 km long Mumbai-Nagpur Samriddhi Expressway, Nanded, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Beed districts.
This will connect major pilgrimage sites and pilgrimage sites along the way with an expected boost to religious tourism and local development, although the farming community is apprehensive.The expressway will connect three Shaktipeeths, Tuljabhavani and Patradevi, two Jyotirlingas at Aundha-Naganath and Parli-Vaijnath, major temples at Mahur, Tuljapur, Pandharpur and other major Hindu temples along the way.
Giving impetus to the project, the state and district authorities have recently started the process of land acquisition for the mega-project, the aggrieved farmers told media persons.
When completed in the next four to five years, the proposed Shaktipeeth Expressway will pass through 12 districts of Maharashtra and one district of Goa and will include 26 interchanges, 30 tunnels, 48 bridges and eight railway crossings.
Thousands of affected farmers from 12 districts joined the protest, through which the planned Rs 86,500 crore, 802 km long inter-state (Maharashtra-Goa) expressway will pass, billed as the pet project of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Is.
Chhatrapati Shrimant Shahu Maharaj said: "Wherever the farmers are, I will be with them."
He said he would raise their concerns on the expressway with the government.
“Farmers are strongly opposing this project,” he told media persons in March.We fully support them. We will meet the collector and discuss the issue."
Earlier, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ashok Chavan had also said that if farmers are not in favor of the expressway, they should not sacrifice their agricultural land.
802 km long Shaktipeeth Expressway 701 km long Mumbai-Nagpur Samriddhi Expressway, Nanded, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Beed districts.
This will connect major pilgrimage sites and pilgrimage sites along the way with an expected boost to religious tourism and local development, although the farming community is apprehensive.The expressway will connect three Shaktipeeths, Tuljabhavani and Patradevi, two Jyotirlingas at Aundha-Naganath and Parli-Vaijnath, major temples at Mahur, Tuljapur, Pandharpur and other major Hindu temples along the way.
Giving impetus to the project, the state and district authorities have recently started the process of land acquisition for the mega-project, the aggrieved farmers told media persons.
When completed in the next four to five years, the proposed Shaktipeeth Expressway will pass through 12 districts of Maharashtra and one district of Goa and will include 26 interchanges, 30 tunnels, 48 bridges and eight railway crossings.
