India, Jan. 31 -- The protest march on foot by farmers, labourers and fisherfolk from Nashik, Palghar and Thane organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) concluded on Thursday with the state government giving written assurances to implement the farmers' demands.

An All India Kisan Sabha delegation and senior ministers, along with officials from revenue, tribal development, water resources, forest and school education, held a three-hour meeting on Tuesday, followed by discussions with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who assured implementation of protestors' requests.

The protestors had been opposing the new labour codes, the dilution of MGNREGA and the proposed Vadhavan and Murbe ports; th...