Amravati power project spurs MNS-led protest

MNS activists clash with police near district collectorate during protest against Sophiya power project

PTI | June 8, 2010



Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday took out a morcha to the Collectorate here to oppose the proposed Sophiya power project in the district.

Tension prevailed for a while at the Collectorate as agitators clashed with the police.

The Raj Thackeray-led party organised the protest to demand cancellation of the project at Nandgaon Peth area.

The morcha was led by MLA Pravin Darekar and district convenor Pappu alias Mangesh Patil. Party activists raised slogans against the project.

Darekar told Collector Richa Bagla that Vidarbha was facing tremendous backlog of irrigation projects and it was one of the reasons for farmer suicides in the region.

Sophiya power plant will end the irrigation capacity of 36,000 hectares in the district and worsen the situation for farmers, the MNS leader said.

He threatened to intensify the agitation if their demand was not accepted by the Congress-NCP Government.

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