A large number of Congress party workers on Thursday tried to storm into the office building of Public Works Department (PWD) here to register their protest against bad condition of roads in the city.
About 250 workers including women led by the president of Raipur City District Congress Committee, Vikas Upadhyay also took out a rally from the State Congress headquarters to PWD Office.The protesters were holding banners and around 200 meter long piece of black cloth to protest bad condition of roads in the city.“We have launched a series of protests against bad condition of roads” said Upadhyay.
The enraged workers were stopped by a heavy police contingent outside the PWD office.However, many protesters managed to enter the PWD office building. The police arrested as many as 98 workers from the spot and later freed them.Upadhyay said to intensify protest and gherao the Chief Minister’s and PWD minister’s residence as a mark of protest in the days to come.