Hundreds of students of coaching class, operators of coaching classes and traders took to the streets protesting providing place to stalls near railway tracks in MP Nagar zone II on Thursday.
The protest started after BMC decided to provide place near the railway tracks to the stalls which have been razed in the anti-encroachment drive across MP Nagar area which is the busiest market place of the state capital. The traders protested after decision was made by BMC around 2-3 days ago.
In protest of providing the place MP Nagar Traders have decided to close their shops at 7 pm and would continue to protest till the stalls are removed from MP Nagar zone II.
Protesting locals blocked the traffic who were opposing to provide place to the stalls.
Despite of heavy protest stalls are kept at the place after police deployment ensured that the protestors do not create any nuisance.
The stalls operators came with the stalls but were not allowed to place them by the protestors who came in heavy number and to control the situation police rushed to the spot.
During the protest traffic halted for hours and after the intervention of the police situation was controlled and under the presence of heavy police force stalls were kept at the place specified by BMC.
The stalls operators are also not satisfied with the arrangement as they have carry their stalls back home and would not be allowed to stay till late in the evening and night.