Ahir stir leads to traffic snarls
Hundreds of members from the Ahir community led by the Sanyukt Ahir Regiment Morcha, which is spearheading the demand for a separate regiment for the Yadavs in the Indian Army, poured onto the streets on Sunday, blocked traffic and vandalised a car on a service lane of NH-48 near Hero Honda Chowk.
The protestors took out a rally from Kherki Daula to Iffco chowk and disrupted traffic movement on the way back. More than 1,200 police personnel were deployed at all traffic diversion routes and NH-48 from 7am to 7pm to manage the law and order situation and streamline vehicular movement.
Commuters faced a lot of difficulties throughout the day at several stretches connecting to NH-48. A number of commuters were desperate, looking for public transport. Some people also
walked with their luggage in the absence of buses and autos.
Two families, who were travelling from Jaipur to Delhi airport, missed their flight as they got stuck in traffic. Karan Singh, a marble businessman from Jaipur in Rajasthan, said he planned a trip to Coorg along with his wife and another cou
ple. “We were not aware of the protest. We were running a bit late but then we got stuck for over an hour in traffic and missed our flight,” he said.
Ravinder Kumar Tomar, DCP (traffic), said congestion was reported from the IMT Manesar area, Rampura crossing and other areas connecting to NH-48.