The traffic across the city would be diverted due to the morcha

In each area, participants on 200-500 vehicles took part in the rallies, said social worker Vikram Kadam. The same day, thousands of activists took out two-wheeler rallies in different areas of Nashik as a curtain raiser to the MKM rally to be held there on Saturday. The traffic across the city would be diverted due to the morcha, which would clash with school timings. As it progressed, more and more people joined the rally.In Nashik, aiming to create awareness about the morcha, thousands of people riding two-wheelers staged rallies in different areas. Community leaders and groups claimed that around 35 lakh people participated in the morcha, while around 6 lakh policemen maintained law and order.Gearing up for the Saturday’s MKM rally in Nashik, over 1,000 police personnel, including IPS officials, 26 police inspectors and 97 police sub-inspectors have been deputed to maintain law and order.Educational institutions across the city will remain shut in the wake of the rally.The Maratha community conducted the Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM) in Ahmednagar on Friday. Traffic jams as long as 8 km were witnessed on most of the roads as hordes of people from Ahmednagar tehsil arrived to participate in the morcha,” said senior leader Vijaykumar Thube.The protest march in Ahmednagar began around 11 am from Wadia Park and, after covering 2 km, culminated at the collector’s office. Saffron flags could be seen flying on the 50-km Mumbai-Agra Highway stretch Shower curtain Bars between Nashik and Malegaon. The zilla parishad, through a circular, has announced a holiday in schools on Saturday. “All arterial roads leading into the city were choked with traffic.