A meeting of timber traders of Lanja taluk was held at Lanja in the presence of Sindhuratna Samithi member Kiran Samant. Kiran Samant has been announced by the Timber Traders’ Association for the Legislative Assembly to be held on this occasion. This meeting was attended by hundreds of timber traders. At this time Kiran alias Bhaiyya Samant guided the wood traders present and said, no one may know but today we are former wood traders, we have our own Swamil in my Vengurla village and our cousin is working there. That’s why all your pains are brought to me. I thank all of you for declaring your support for me in the upcoming assembly and when such organizations stand behind me, my victory is certain,” Kiran Samant said. I will try my best to relax the oppressive conditions imposed on the traders. Due to the eco sensitive zone at the foot of the Sahyadri, trees cannot be felled in the villages here. Also, no construction can be done. We are facing the problem for the last 10 years. Follow up with the central government to get this relaxed. The work is going on. If we try to bring MIDC in this area, we will get relaxation to raise this eco sensitive zone. Today’s attendance showed that the grand alliance candidate’s victory in the upcoming assembly elections is certain. At this time, Kiran Samant’s guidance has won the hearts of the wood traders. They are convinced that Kiran Samantha will deliver justice and hence have announced their support. Taluka Heads Guru Prasad Desai, Rajusheth Kurup, Sachin Dongarkar, Lakud Business President Farooq Neverekar, Vice President Sunil Kande, Sharif Naik Rafiq aka Gulya Neverekar Nazim Neverekar, Subhash Lakhan Haju Bagao, Subhash Ramane Akbar Naik, Riyaz Neverekar Dildar Naik, Pandurang Zore Azim Waghu , Prakash Jadhav Ghadshi, Rafiq Mhaldar Rishi Raut, Siraj Thakur along with hundreds of timber traders were present.