Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Vasai disturbance - news so far
The state government on Wednesday accepted the exclusion of 30 of the 53 villages and assured that a final decision on the remaining 23 villages would be taken before the budget session on March 18. Chief minister Ashok Chavan held a meeting with Vasai MLA Vivek Pandit, who is in the forefront of the agitation to exclude the villages, at his residence Varsha on Wednesday night.
“Chavan said 30 of the 53 villages would be excluded and the demands of the rest of the 23 villages would be addressed later. But, I opposed the proposal because 16 of the 23 villages fall under the green zone,” Pandit told DNA. At the meeting, Pandit also demanded that the Vasai municipal council continue to exist. “I emphasised that the council should be allowed to carry out development works. It can be merged with the municipal corporation after some time,” Pandit said, adding, “The government did not listen to our demands till there was a violent agitation,” Pandit said.
Pandit was on a hunger strike last week to press his demand to exclude 53 villages. On March 5, the police forcefully admitted him to the Thane civil hospital. The police action had led to violence in Vasai resulting in damage to pubic property.
IMO: I agree with Vivek Pandit. For example, the fact that 16 of the 23 villages fall under the green zone makes the proposal outrageous. Anyone who lives here without a special interest just has to look at Sativali to see that.
“Chavan said 30 of the 53 villages would be excluded and the demands of the rest of the 23 villages would be addressed later. But, I opposed the proposal because 16 of the 23 villages fall under the green zone,” Pandit told DNA. At the meeting, Pandit also demanded that the Vasai municipal council continue to exist. “I emphasised that the council should be allowed to carry out development works. It can be merged with the municipal corporation after some time,” Pandit said, adding, “The government did not listen to our demands till there was a violent agitation,” Pandit said.
Pandit was on a hunger strike last week to press his demand to exclude 53 villages. On March 5, the police forcefully admitted him to the Thane civil hospital. The police action had led to violence in Vasai resulting in damage to pubic property.
IMO: I agree with Vivek Pandit. For example, the fact that 16 of the 23 villages fall under the green zone makes the proposal outrageous. Anyone who lives here without a special interest just has to look at Sativali to see that.
# posted by uv : 7:55 PM
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