Adamant Gujjars intensify agitation

Unrelenting Gujjar protesters today 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 tear gassing and baton charge by police to quell stone-pelting groups in Khuri village, 10 kms from here, yesterday, 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 today cancelled and several others diverted, a Northern Railways spokesman said in New Delhi.