Activists flout traffic rules by Archit Watts
Chandigarh, February 22A rally of the Yuva Rashtriya Janta Dal (YRJD) at the road dividing Sectors 27-30 resulted in traffic bottlenecks and jams, which left commuters harassed.
The situation worsened at around 12.30 pm when around 400 activists blocked the roads and commuters were left stranded at several places, including Sectors 27, 28, 29 and 30.
Moreover, the activists were not even wearing helmets and flouting the traffic rules on the city roads, reportedly no cop was present there to control the menace.
An eyewitness alleged that hundreds of vehicles were there and some were not even bearing the registration number plates, but the police remained a silent spectator.
A senior police official said it was a common scene during the rallies, but the traffic was controlled within a few minutes and it was not possible to issue challans.
SHO Raghubir Singh, the Sector 26 police station, said, “The violators were ordered to obey the rules and within a few minutes they were dissolved.”

Chandigarh Tribune Februiary 23, 2009