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The Nagargao Gram Sabha on Sunday witnessed noisy scenes as residents expressed outrage over the chargesheet against seven locals in connection with a protest to demand speed breakers at an accident-prone zone at Ambede.
During the meeting, locals complained that the police had chargesheeted only seven protesters, when more than 100 locals was involved in the agitation to demand speed breakers near the Government high school building at Ambede, an accident-prone zone since the last couple of years.
Raising the issue, Adv Shivaji Desai and other locals questioned the panchayat members for their position in the matter.
Residents sought to know why only seven protesters has been accused and later chargesheeted, when about 100 locals were involved in the protest in the interest of the village.
Sarpanch Parag Khadilkar assured the gram sabha to seriously look into the matter.
Other issues like free toilet facilities in many villages of the panchayat were also discussed at the meeting. Earlier, Khadilkar welcomed the meeting, while panchayat secretary Rajendra Sawant presented the minutes of the previous Gram Sabha.
