www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShoppingTendersClassifieds OpinionsTravel Jobs Hotels
| Make this your homepage | Archive
Expressindia » Story

J-K aftershocks in Capital: roadblocks, protests, traffic trouble

Font Size

Posted: Jul 04, 2008 at 2345 hrs IST

The Capital witnessed immense traffic jams early on Thursday morning, following roadblocks and protests by the Delhi BJP.

The occasion: The nationwide BJP-VHP bandh in protest against the J&K government’s decision to take over the responsibilities of Amarnath Yatra from the Amarnath Shrine Board.

A huge traffic jam was reported from Vikas Marg, which was lifted after police intervention. Several other areas in east Delhi, including Preet Vihar, Mayur Vihar and Akshardham crossing saw agitations.

According to police sources, two buses were damaged after the protesting mob began throwing stones at Laxmi Nagar. Minor clashes were also reported from the same area.

Other areas that saw unrest were Karkardooma court, Vikas Marg and Mother Dairy in east Delhi.

Jail Road in west Delhi observed a complete ‘bandh’. Sit-in ‘dharnas’ were the order of the day at Madhuban Chowk and pockets of Karol Bagh.

In south Delhi’s Maharani Bagh, Ashram and DND toll bridge junction, protesters blocked traffic, which was eased after locals intervened.

The situation was brought completely under control by 1 pm, police officers said.

An officer said they were prepared for the bandh and had deputed extra force across the Capital — especially in sensitive areas — to thwart any untoward incident.

Ads by Google
Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

Deshmukh asked to go, new CM on Thursday: Cong

Need for direct and tough action by Pak: Rice

'We want action now’, thousands chant across India

Explosives bag found at CST in Mumbai

Throw bodies of slain terrorists into sea: Muslims

Pak says 'no' to handing over Hafiz, Masood

Ex-SIMI activist opens fire at police, Hyderabad on alert

More
© 2008 Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map