Members of the Gujjar community blocked National Highway-11, which connects Jaipur with Agra, in Rajasthan's Dausa district on Monday, the fourth day of their agitation demanding 5 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes.
Their protest had turned violent on Sunday when shots were fired and police vehicles were torched in Dholpur district, forcing authorities to impose prohibitory orders in Dholpur and Karauli districts. It still remains in force in the areas.
On Monday, the agitators blocked NH-11 and continued their blockade at other places. Since the agitation began on Friday, it has affected the movement of more than 250 trains.
"NH-11 was blocked at Sikandara in Dausa. A state highway was blocked in Bundi district''s Nainwa on Sunday and Malarna road in Sawai Madhopur and Karauli-Hindaun road at Budla village in Karauli have also been blocked," senior police officer ML Lathar said.
Vehicles heading towards the blockade area on the national highway were diverted to alternate routes, another police official said.
"The traffic is being diverted and things are under control. The blockade is peaceful," he said. He said efforts were being made to clear the blockade.
As of now, one national highway, one state highway and two arterial roads and Delhi-Mumbai railway tracks are blocked in Rajasthan, leading to cancellation and diversion of several trains.
The North Western Railway said in a bulletin four trains had to be diverted on Monday.
The trains are: Hazrat Nizamuddin-Udaipur (12963), Amritsar-Mumbai Central (12904), Firozpur-Mumbai Central (19024) and Dehradun-Kochiveli (22660).
Gujjar agitation leader Kirori Singh Bainsla and his supporters began their sit-in on railway tracks in Malarna Dungar of Swai Madhopur on Friday.
Bainsla is demanding 5 per cent quota for Gujjar, Raika-Rebari, Gadia Luhar, Banjara and Gadaria communities in jobs and education and has refused to clear the railway tracks.
"We will not move from the tracks if the announcement is not made. There is only one demand and that is 5 per cent reservation," Bainsla's son Vijay Singh said.
A state government delegation, including Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh and IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan, held talks with the protestors on Saturday but they refused to end their agitation until their demand is met through an official announcement.
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