Bandh to demand bifurcation of Thane district

Patkar emphasised the need to separate adivasi taluks like Wada, Jawhar, Mokhada, Shahpur and parts of Palghar, Bhiwandi and Murbad from the urban and industrialised parts of Thane district. “The new district could be headquartered at Wada, with separate government machinery to look into the backward adivasi settlements, which are currently unattended,” Patkar said.

Posters and pamphlets have already been circulated by theSamiti all over the district in to accelerate public debate on the issue. The Samiti also opposed the earlier government’s Pingulkar Committee recommendations – which suggested Palghar as the new headquarter of the proposed district.