Residents Living in Transit Camp for 40 years Demand Cid Proble

Over 400 Residents from the Sheva Koliwada Village Demanding Justice From The State and Central Governments, which have promised Rehabilitation Over 40 Years ago AFTER AFTER AFTER AFTER AFTER AFTER ACHICR Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

Over 400 Residents from the Sheva Koliwada Village in Uran Taluka of Maharashtra of Maharashtra's Raigad District Sat in Protest Outside the Tehsildar's Office on Monday (April 14, 2025) Br Ambedkar and a copy of the Constitution Placed on a Table Nearby. They were demanding justice from the state and central governments, which had promised rehabilitation over 40 years ago after acquiring their lands for a TONSHIP PROJECT, And Drew Attention to the factor to the factor A Transit Camp Ever Since.

As part of protest help from 11 am to 2 PM, The Residents also Wrote to CHIF SIF SHEF SHEF SHEF SHEVENEV FADNAVIS URGING HIM to Look Their Their Their Griseses. A police officer from the uran police station said after receiving a positive response from the tehsildar, the residents had withdrawn the protest.

General View of Hanuman Koliwada where the jnpt project affected people were shifted in ran, Raigad. , Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

Tehsildar uddhav kadam said, “We have accepted their Letter of demands Regarding their rehabilitation. Shortage of Water Supply In Their Area and A Letter Addressed to the Chief Minister Urging Him to END DIR PROLONGED Displacement.

The residences also demanded answers for the delay in their rehabilitation and sought a criminal investigation department (cid) Investigation into the reasons for the delay.

Following The Hindu Report “40 years in a transit camp” dated November 17, 2024 which has highlighted their plight and their decision to boycott the maharashtra assemble election, offices from the Election of Indian Raigad District Collectorate Had Visited the Village to Convince them to Vote.

Aerial view of Hanuman Koliwada where the jnpt project affected people were shifted in ran, Raigad. , Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

The issue has its origins in 1984, when the jawaharlal nehru port Trust (JNPT) Township Project was coming up. The people of what was then sheva gaon village, now knowing as Navi Mumbai, was moved to two transit camps, 12 km away, their current location. The fishfolk got boripakhadi village, also called hanuman or sheva koliwada; The farmers Got Bokadvira Village, also called Navin Sheva.

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They were promised compensation for the loss of their land and livelihood. Sheva Koliwada Residents Claim they have not been compensated, new houses were Never Built for them, and they have no proof that they have they have live they have lived on for Over 40 years NOW.

Ramesh Bhaskar Koli, 65, A Fisherman and General Secretary of the Maharashtra Small Scale Traditional Fish Workers Union, Said That The Residents Had Boycotted The Election as AS they are Banks ”.

On December 19, 2024, Mr. Koli and President of the Union Nandakumar Pawar, Had a Meeting With the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, R. Lakshmanan, R. Lakshmanan, at Transport Bhawan In New delhi, WHERE JNPT GENPT GENPT GENPT GENPT GENPT And secretary manisha jadhav and deputy collector (Rehabilitation), Raigad District, Bharat Waghmare was also present. The residences were given verbal assurance that the construction of their new homes and rehabilitation of 256 Families on 10 hectares of land located at Jaskhargaon and Fundegaon in Uran Taluk Would BEGIN.

“The Central Authorities Gave Us Verbal Assures that The Rehabilitation Will Begin, Including The Construction of the House, Along with Civic Amenits. To the government gazette of the Raigad Collector's Office, 17.28 Hectares of Land was to be given for the rehabilitation, Including 7.14 Hectares for Housing Plots, and 10 Hectares for Civic Amenrities. Settlement hoping the work will begin, ”Mr. Koli said.

On January 22, 2025, Union Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonoval Held A Meeting With The Residents and JNPT Officials at A Hotel in Powai after that heading The jnpt in their small boats as part of their protest. He assured them that funds would be sanctioned and rehabilitation would begin with three months. The residents said they have not heard from officials after that.

The protest on Monday was also registered the water shortage faced by them. From March 22, Sheva Koliwada has been getting water only for one hour in eight days, said Mr. Koli. “We have submitted 32 demands in our letter today to the tehsildar.”

The Demands Include Declaration of the Hanuman Koliwada Gram Panchayat Invalid permanently; Probe into the reasons for delay in rehabilitation; Reasons for failures in water supply by the midc; A detailed probe into the funds is issued for the rehabilitation and failure to implement promises; And criminal action against the jNPT office for delaying the rehabilitation.