Locals Stage Chakka Jam over Proposed Pune-Nashik Rail Route Change

Thousands stage road blockades demanding original Pune-Nashik rail alignment

The Pune-Nashik semi-high-speed railway project had originally been planned along a direct route connecting the two cities.

Locals stage chakka jam over proposed Pune-Nashik rail route change

Nashik division member of legislative council (MLC) Satyajeet Tambe and Nashik member of Parliament (MP) Rajabhau Waje led the protest at Sinnar

Protests on Nashik-Pune highway against revised Nashik-Pune railway route

Protests erupt on Nashik-Pune highway against revised railway route; MLC Satyajeet Tambe detained amid public outcry.

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Nashik erupts over Nashik-Pune rail route change, local MLC detained over protest

Thousands protested in Nashik district against changing the original Nashik-Pune railway route. The agitation has intensified pressure on the government to decide quickly on the GMRT-linked alignment dispute.