Farmers from Bhiwqandi tehsil protested against the state government for their land-acquistion. They staged a rasta-roko agitation under the leadership of Shiv-Sena MLA, Yogesh Patil and ZP chairman, Kapil Patil near Pise-Panjrapur purification plant on the Nashik-Mumbai national highway no 3 in Bhiwandi tahsil. The farmers are against reservation of their land for setting up of MIDC by the state Government. Government had earlier notified on 28 January of the land acquisition that would affect farming activity on thousands of acres of farmland. Farmers from affected villages Sonale, Lonad Elkunde and Valsind had arranged an all political parties agitated to protest decision of the Government to acquire land. According to Kapil Patil who was spearheading of the agitation, "previously they had taken out a morcha to the district collectorate but the government had not taken any cognisance of the agitation and hence to wakeup the government they had arranged the rasta-roko agitation. If government will not divert their decision and ignore their agitation, we would protest aggressively and agitate drastically.