JNU students' protest throws traffic out of gear in Delhi

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 18 2019 | 10:10 PM IST

Traffic in some parts of the national capital was affected on Monday as students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, protesting against the increased hostel fee, marched towards Parliament, police said.

Serpentine queues of vehicles were seen in south Delhi and Lutyen's Delhi while areas like Nelson Mandela Marg, Aurobindo Marg and Baba Gang Nath Marg were the most affected as traffic moved at snail's pace, a senior police officer said.

Several people took to twitter to vent their ire as they got stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours due to the massive protest.

Rohit Rai (27), who works in a multi national company in Gurgaon, said, "Generally, it takes around two hours to reach my house in Ghaziabad but today, due to the protest, the roads in south and Lutyens' Delhi were full of traffic and I reached my house after crawling for over three hours in my car."

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First Published: Nov 18 2019 | 10:10 PM IST

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