Congress activists ransack AMC’s Usmanpura office

These are some of the issues highlighted in the 20 points memorandum presented to the deputy municipal commissioner, Utpal Padia, by the Amdavad Shaher Congress Samiti on Friday.

Agitated residents of west zone took out a rally, led by Congress members, and ransacked the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) west zone office.

A group of people started the rally from Vidya Niketan Hospital to Usmanpura office in the afternoon as their complains have gone unheard for the past few years. President of the Ahmedabad Shaher Congress Samiti, Pankaj Shah, said if the AMC officials did not act to solve denizens' problems, they would start an agitation soon.

Police had to be called to control the crowd when members started damaging the office property. The police had to resort to a laathi charge to stop the group from vandalizing the premises. Police also detained Congress general secretaries Mubin Kadri and Bhavesh Patel.