Overview
- Following Friday’s attempted march to the Chief Minister’s residence, police blocked the procession, detained protesters, and set up checkpoints that choked traffic along Marine Drive and Nariman Point.
- Police detained leaders including Raju Shetti, Harshvardhan Sapkal, Vinayak Raut, Mahadev Jankar, and MP Arvind Sawant, with Shetti and other organizers released around 6 pm.
- Growers demanded Rs 5 lakh per hectare for mango losses and Rs 3 lakh per hectare for cashew, rejecting the state’s Rs 22,000 relief as far too low.
- Organizers set out from Girgaon Chowpatty toward Varsha Bungalow after refusing to shift to the permitted protest site at Azad Maidan, and police cited law and order concerns for the detentions.
- Farmers from Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, and Raigad reported severe damage from unseasonal rain and hail, and they vowed to continue the agitation until the state announces a larger, concrete package.