MP: After 14-year wait for road, poll boycott cry in Khandwa

Indore | Thursday | 11th October, 2018

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The displaced population was resettled in 2004, and that is since when they have been asking for a road. “I have met the MP and MLA, but nothing has happened. INDORE: Over 1,500 villagers of Chikhli in Harsud tehsil of Khandwa have threatened to boycott the upcoming assembly elections unless a 14-year-old promise to build a road for them is fulfilled.The residents have taken to the streets several times with placards that say ‘No Road No Vote’. Now, they are putting up a banner at the gateway to their village to say that no politician will be allowed until their demand is met.The original Chikhli village, which comes under Bhawarli gram panchayat, was submerged in Indira Sagar project. “We will take it up with the authorities,” he said..