Villagers harrowed by the floods that destroyed their homes thrice already this year, threaten protests if flooding issue is not addressed
CIDCO Joint MD Prashant Nanavre assured villagers of resolving the issue
The flooding last week had left villagers stranded and helpless. File pic
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Chinchpada, Kolhi, Kopar-Owle, Varche Owle, Pargaon, Targhar, Kombadbhuje and Waghivli Vada were among the affected villages. In 2014, these villages were involved in massive protests against CIDCO over the airport. Mahendra Patil of Pargao village said that the villagers weren't even informed of a heavy rain situation in advance nor was any help sent their way. "Around 100 houses here were under four to five feet water for almost two days. None of the CIDCO officials came to help us neither did they provide us a safe place to move to. Ovale villagers decided to meet the officials regarding this. But no one paid any heed," he said.
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Ovale village Sarpanch Reshma Mungaji too said that the villagers have been trying to convince CIDCO officials of the ill-effects of the airport project. "Now the situation is getting worse every year. Last year, some of us had explained to them about the flooding issues and the kind system they should adopt to address this. They have appointed a private group for this but no report has been submitted yet to solve the waterlogging issue in our villages," she said, adding that CIDCO must give them an alternative place if it wasn't keen on addressing the issue.
"We will not live like this in such a dangerous situation. We will not allow anyone to work on the Navi Mumbai airport if this continues," she added. Nanavre assured them of resolving the issue after discussing it with his officials. CIDCO spokesperson Priya Ratambe said, "I or any CIDCO officer cannot comment on this matter."
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