The Delhi Traffic Police in a tweet on Monday said, “Obstruction in traffic from Baba Gangnath Marg to JNU due to demonstration.”
Vehicular traffic near Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was affected on Monday morning due to protest.
New Delhi:
Vehicular traffic near Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was affected on Monday morning due to the ongoing demonstration by students against fee hike, curfew timings and dress code restrictions in the institute, the police said.
The Delhi Traffic Police in a tweet on Monday said, “Obstruction in traffic from Baba Gangnath Marg to JNU due to demonstration.”
JNU has hiked the hostel, mess and security fee by a reported 400 per cent.
Students of country’s premier university, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), have staged mass protest against the “anti-student” policies of the administration. The protests started early morning. While one part of the agitation is against the draft hostel manual’s fee hike, dress code, etc., restrictions by the administration on entry to the Parthasarathy Rocks, attempts to lock students’ union office has also irked the Jawaharlal Nehru Students’ Union (JNUSU).
“Traffic Movement is closed on Nelson Mandela Marg from PS Vasant Vihar to PS Vasant Kunj due to demonstration. Kindly avoid the stretch,” it said in another tweet. Hundreds of JNU students protested outside the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) auditorium, where the university’s convocation was being held, against the administration’s “anti-students” policy.