Gujjar agitation continues, train tracks, highways blocked
JAIPUR: Gujjar community members blocked National Highway-11, which connects Jaipur with Agra, in Rajasthan’s Dausa district on Monday, the fourth day of their agitation demanding 5% reservation in government jobs and educational institutes.
Their protest had turned violent on Sunday when protestors opened fire and pelted stones at policemen and torched police vehicles in Dholpur district, forcing authorities to impose prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CRPC in Dholpur and Karauli districts.
It still remains in force in the areas.
On Monday, the agitators blocked NH-11 and continued their blockade from previous days at other places. Since the agitation began on Friday, it has affected the movement of at least 250 trains.
“NH-11 was blocked at Sikandara in Dausa. A state highway was blocked in Bundi district’s Nainwa on Sunday and Malarna road in Sawai Madhopur and Karauli-hindaun road at Budla village in Karauli have also been blocked,” director general of pol i c e ( l a w a nd o r der) ML Lathar said.
As of now, one national highway, one state highway and two arterial roads and Delhi-mumbai railway tracks are blocked in Rajasthan, leading to cancellation and diversion of several trains.
The North Western Railway said in a bulletin four trains had to be diverted on Monday.