Maharashtra Assembly polls: Nitesh set for hattrick while Parkar aims to cut through Rane family dominance in Kankavli

But locals constituent retired that successful the lack of basal infrastructure specified arsenic amended roadworthy connectivity, modern wellness services and web issues, the portion has failed to pull large names from the edifice and tourism industry. Furthermore, with deficiency of livelihood opportunities, the constituency is facing sizeable migration of locals.

“Many villagers migrate to bigger cities specified arsenic Mumbai, Pune oregon adjacent Goa successful immoderate cases, for employment,” said Nilesh Pawar a tiny store proprietor successful Kankavli who himself has migrated to the metropolis from a tiny colony successful the interiors.

With a full of 2.3 lakh voters successful Kankavli Assembly constituency, dominated mostly by Hindu voters, the constituency has a precise tiny stock of Muslim and an adjacent smaller stock of Christian assemblage voters. Interestingly, women (1,17,349) outnumber men (1,14,379) successful this constituency and that is whom some the cardinal candidates are targeting.

While BJP’s Rane underscores the overwhelming effect from women to Mahayuti’s flagship Ladki Bahin Yojana, Parkar is campaigning connected the MVA’s committedness of an accrued currency outgo nether the Mahalakshmi strategy for women.

As per census 2011, Kankavli Assembly constituency has implicit 90 percent of its elector colonisation from agrarian parts of the region. Pointing astatine however the portion is blessed with beauteous locations connected seashore arsenic good arsenic affluent agrarian culture, Sindhudurg territory caput of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Vivek Tamhankar, insisted connected a dedicated tourism argumentation arsenic helium said, “Developing it arsenic a tourer destination volition pb to employment opportunities for locals.”

Tamhankar besides pointed retired however the portion has failed to make industries astir by-products of assorted cultivation produce, for illustration manufacturing of edible oils with cashew kernels oregon making of intoxicant with cashew apples etc. “Farmers are not producing connected a ample standard owed to the lack of a section marketplace for bully prices,” helium said.

Considering section demands, ‘development’ is the cardinal connection during the governmental campaigns successful Kankavli. Stating that helium is taking steps to bring astir a dedicated tourism argumentation for the region, Nitesh Rane, said, “If I person to bring immoderate five-star edifice to Kankavli, archetypal I person to guarantee that determination are bully roads to supply connectivity and bully cellular network.” Rane pointed retired the caller roadworthy developments successful his portion specified arsenic Devgad – Nipani roadworthy and besides added that helium is moving connected the Nandgaon marketplace gait connected the lines of Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) for amended prices connected section cultivation produce.

Parkar, however, states that determination has been nary improvement successful the past 10 years and said that radical are looking for a change. “There is lone rampant corruption successful the region. If determination was immoderate volition for development, helium could person brought manufacturing units oregon different businesses to the portion which could person led to employment. But hide jobs, locals present are besides deprived of bully aesculapian care. Thus, radical are looking for alteration now,” said Parkar.

Rane, however, is assured of victory. “Not lone person radical seen improvement successful the past 10 years, women from the constituency are already waiting for their December instalment of Ladki Bahin and they cognize who they request to take for the aforesaid connected November 20th,” helium said.

In the 2019 elections too, Kankavli witnessed a combat betwixt BJP and undivided Shiv Sena. With a full of 84,504 votes, BJP’s Nitesh Rane had won against Shiv Sena’s Satish Sawant who bagged 56,388 votes.