India, Feb. 23 -- Around 200 farmers staged a protest on Sunday at the Mogharpada metro rail car shed site in Thane demanding immediate disbursal of compensation and allotment of alternative land for plots acquired for the Metro-4 (Wadala-Kasarvadavali) car shed project.

The protesters warned that they would block traffic on Thane Ghodbunder Road and prevent authorities from taking possession of the land if their demands are not addressed promptly.

The land has been acquired by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), but farmers owning land under Survey No. 30 continue to cultivate paddy there.

They gathered under the banner of Shri Sati Aai Gramasth Mandal and held a sit-in protest on the bunds of their fields an...