India, Jan. 21 -- There is strong opposition to the proposed change in the alignment of the Nashik-Pune high-speed railway project, with farmers and members of the railway passengers action committee from Sinnar taluka announcing a rasta roko protest on January 31. The agitation will be held simultaneously on the Samruddhi Mahamarg and Nashik-Pune national highway to compel the state government to roll back its decision or face intensified protests.

The protest comes on the back of reports that the original Nashik-Pune rail alignment has been scrapped only to be replaced with a new route passing through Pune-Ahilyanagar-Nimbalak-Punatamba-Pimpalgaon-Sainagar Shirdi-Nashik. Ever since the route change became public, there has been widespr...