Pimpri : Aware citizens of Lonavala on Sunday protested the increasing accidents and heavy vehicles in Lonavala due to the negligence of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation and IRB. Rasta Roko Movement was carried out for about an hour on the Pune National Highway.
During this, a written assurance was given to stop the movement of heavy vehicles passing through the city from 7 am to 9 pm. It was agreed to take a proposal from the citizens of the city to stop the traffic at night and submit it to the government and decide on a policy to bypass all heavy traffic from Walvan to Khandala which is an alternate route.
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To complete the work of installation of road divider between Manshakti center of Lonavala city to Khandala within three weeks, send a proposal to install speed breaker at the accident site to the District Magistrate, take follow up with the Marth Department to enroll no objection to the proposal of street light. In the next five months, Jaywant Dongre of IRB assured to start the widening of the road from Manshakti Kendra to another petrol pump, to conduct a technical survey to remove the S-turn at Nazar corner. During the agitation, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has given a written assurance that they will be given permission within a day and if they want space outside the ROW, they will have to take the consent of the private land owners.
Presidents and office bearers of all political parties in Lonavala, activists of various organizations, common citizens participated in today’s this Rasta Roko movement as citizens of Lonavala. If the written assurance given by the administration is not fulfilled immediately, guerrilla movement is also indicated without any preconceived notion. Maval Tehsildar Madhusudan Barge, Lonavala Sub-Divisional Police Officer Rajendra Patil, Police Inspector Sitaram Dubal, Executive Engineer of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Rakesh Sonawane agreed while discussing the matter with the aware citizens of the city and all the presidents and key office bearers of the party. Of. Police Inspector Sitaram Dubal contacted Pune Rural Superintendent of Police over phone and promised to send a proposal to the government regarding permanent diversion of Kusgaon toll naka and alternate routes. Tehsildar Maval also agreed to give the letter along with the proposal. Traffic was diverted during the agitation.