Taking cue from Tamil Nadu villagers protesting against the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam nuclear power project, their counterparts in Maharashtra have decided to step up their agitation against the proposed plant at Madban along the Konkan Coast. Project-affected persons from 10 villages in the vicinity of the project site have announced a ‘jail bharo’ agitation on January 24 and 25 to press for the cancellation of 9,900-Mw nuclear project in Ratnagiri district.