Unrelenting Gujjar protesters intensified road blockades in violence-hit Dausa area throwing life out of gear as 27 trains passing through Rajasthan were cancelled.
DAUSA/NEW DELHI: Unrelenting Gujjar protesters on Friday intensified road blockades in violence-hit
Dausa area throwing life out of gear as 27 trains passing through Rajasthan were cancelled by the Northern Railways.
The protesters, who were agitating against teargassing and baton charge by police to quell stone-pelting groups in Khuri village, 10 kms from here, on Thursday, set up road blocks in several areas in this district since early this morning, police said.
Badly hit were roads in the Bandikui area, where Gujjar men and women continued their blockade of a key rail track, leading to cancellation or diversion of several trains.
In Dausa town and neighbouring areas, where Gujjar protestors damaged pipelines hitting drinking water supply, work was on to restore the connections, they said.
Following up on the directive asking people in Bharatpur range to surrender their licensed weapons, the district administration has cancelled nearly 200 arms licences, Inspector General of Police (Bharatpur Range) Umesh Mishra said.
Gujjar protesters also continued their blockade of the highway linking Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district with Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh, reports reaching here said.
As many as 27 trains passing through the stir-hit state were on Friday cancelled and several others diverted, a Northern Railways spokesman said in New Delhi.
The cancellation of train services following disturbances in the Gangapur City-Bayana section in Kota Division has been done in view of passengers' safety, the spokesman said.
The trains that have been cancelled include Dehradun Express, Delhi-Nimach Link Express, Nizamuddin-Udaipur Intercity, August Kranti Rajdhani, Mumbai Janta Express, Bandra Garibrath, Gujarat Sampark Kranti, Jammu-Bandra Special, Bandra-Amritsar Special, Gorakhpur-Bandra Awadh Express, Ajmer Shatabdi and Ahmedabad Rajdhani.
Mumbai Rajdhani, Paschim Express, Bandra-Jammu Swaraj Express and Golden Temple Mail are among other trains that have been diverted.
Due to disruption of trains, bus services from Jaipur and other areas to Delhi and neighbouring regions have been facing heavy rush of passengers and the Rajasthan road transport authorities have pressed additional buses to tide over the pressure.
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