India, Jan. 26 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is expected to meet on Tuesday with a delegation of farmers, labourers and fisherfolk participating in a 'long march' that started from Nashik on January 25, its organisers said on Monday.

The march, which is expected to reach Mumbai on February 2, is demanding the implementation of long-pending assurances under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), the completion of irrigation projects, and the filling of posts in Zilla Parishad schools.

The protestors, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), halted at Ghatandevi near Kasara Ghat on Monday evening and will resume their march towards Thane on Tuesday.

Thousands of protesters are marching on foot, rais...