Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti will stage a march on August 9 at 1 pm from Samvidhan Square to the Power Minister’s residence.
The Samiti, which demand for Vidarbha separate state, will also demand to bring raised electricity rates in the state under control, action on pollution around Chandrapur district, stop load-shedding in agricultural areas, stop thermal power plants coming up in Vidarbha, cancellation of GST on food grains , to make funds available for Ballarpur-Surjagarh railway line, Khamgaon Jalna railway line and Badnera Karanja- Mangrulpir-Washim railway by getting immediate approval from the Central Government. Members of the Samiti, informed through a press conference, that due to power plants, the cases of respiratory diseases, asthama, cough, tuberculosis are rising rapidly in Vidarbha, most of which are coming from Chandrapur district and, if the air pollution around this district is not brought under immediate control, the highest number of heart patients in the country would be found in Vidarbha.
Vidarbha Rajya Andolan Samiti has appealed to the citizens of Vidarbha to join this movement.