Akash Ghai
Tribune News Service
Mohali, September 15
It took the district administration around 23 hours to lift a blockade on Chandigarh-Kurali highway, one of the busiest roads, here today. Members of the Sikhiya Providers Union had blocked the traffic at Traffic Chowk near the bus stand here at around 2.20 pm yesterday. The blockade was lifted today at around 1 pm.
Some residents said it was not administration or police officials but local residents who managed to pacify the agitators and convince them into lifting the blockade.
The 200 protesters, including the union president Ajmer Singh Aulukh, general secretary Kuldip Singh and vice president Mandeep Singh Bangar, did not lift the blockade even after they were booked under Sections 283 and 188 of the IPC.
Several residents were harassed even though the police had diverted the traffic to Ropar and Ludhiana.
Rajni Jain, a local resident, said most of the residents were virtually on house arrest due to the traffic jams on the link roads of the town.
“Most of the schoolchildren, college students and employees could not go to their institutes and offices due to this nuisance,” said Charanjit Kaur, another resident.
Another evidently miffed resident Harminder Singh asked why the administration and the police allowed every union to block the road in the town.
“Blockade of the highway for around 23 hours is not a joke. What were the administration and the police doing? We suffer every time for no fault of ours,” remarked Rajni Jain.
Shopkeeper Rajinder Kumar said his business suffered a lot due to the traffic jam.
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