50 residents booked for protesting against slow construction of road

GURGAON: Fifty people were booked for protesting on Friday evening and blocking traffic on the stretch connecting Palam Vihar to Atul Kataria Road. Those booked are residents of the Park View Residency at Palam Vihar and Mahindra Aura, among others from various residents’ societies and welfare associations.

The protest was to bring attention to a 1.5-km stretch of road—linking Sector 5 to Palam Vihar and Bijwasan—that has been under construction for nearly four years, the residents said. Almost 200 people, including children, wore oxygen masks as they protested against the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) a day after Diwali.

Aggrieved by the slow progress of work on an under- construction road, residents from Palam Vihar, Mahindra Aura, Bestech Park View residency, Dharm and Gupta colonies had held a demonstration at the said stretch of road on Friday evening. They also blocked the road for some time that led to the police case.

Station house officer of Palam Vihar police station, inspector Vikram Nehra, said, “We have taken action against the residents who blocked the road and did not allow commuters to pass through despite several requests.”

A case was registered against the 50 residents on Saturday at Palam Vihar police station, under sections 147, (rioting), 149 (being member of an unlawful assembly), 283 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation), 341 (wrongful restraint), and 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of the IPC.