Jats call off stir, but Delhi stays on alert
REPRIEVE FOR COMMUTERS No Metro or road curbs as agitation suspended for 15 days on Haryana govt assurance
The Jats have put off a protest that threatened to cripple Delhi on Monday after the Haryana government accepted most of their demands, including a quota in central government jobs.
The Metro and bus services, which were ordered curtailed, will now be normal in the city and the rest of the national capital region (NCR).
“Ab Jat Dilli na aa rahe (Jats are not coming to Delhi)... “As of now, we have placed our trust in the government,” All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti chairperson Yashpal Malik said here on Sunday at a joint press conference with the Haryana chief minister ML Khattar.
The Jats, however, will continue sits-in in Haryana till March 26 when the AIJASS, which is spearheading the stir, would review the decision, he said.
The announcement came as a huge relief for commuters, espe-
No road closures or traffic diversions
All Metro trains to and from
cially office-goers and students, in the city and its suburbs.
The Delhi Police in the evening relaxed all travel restrictions but didn’t lower the guard along the city’s borders.
“No road will be closed or diverted, as mentioned in the earlier traffic advisories. Traffic Delhi to operate unrestricted
3-tier security will stay at borders, people can cross them
will ply as usual,” joint commissioner of police (Traffic) Garima Bhatnagar said.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which had decided to suspend services to stations outside the city from Sunday night, also lifted all the curbs.
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