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Parties demand cancellation of proposed Shaktipeeth highway

Kolhapur, July 10 (UNI) Farmers and leaders of political parties, including the BJP and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-AP), voiced their opposition to the demand of independent MLA from Chandgad constituency Shivaji Patil for taking the Shaktipeeth expressway through Gadhinglaj and Chandgad tehsils (Kolhapur district) and demanded cancellation of the proposed expressway.
In a meeting of all political parties, including BJP, NCP-AP, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS), Jansurajya Party today, it was decided to oppose the proposed Shaktipeeth expressway from Gadhinglaj and Chandgad tehsils.
Patil has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and requested to take the Shaktipeeth expressway from Gadhinglaj and Chandgad tehsils following protests from other tehsils of the district.
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