Samajwadi Party protest hits traffic; stranded students from nearby schools

Police barricaded roads after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his party workers sat on the Vikramaditya Marg, which connects to Raj Bhawan.

Vehicular movement in the state capital was disrupted following the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) protest causing inconvenience to commuters, particularly students of the nearby schools in reaching their homes, on Monday.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav along with other party members during protest march in state capital on Monday. (HT PHOTO)

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his party workers sat on the Vikramaditya Marg - which connects to Raj Bhawan - following which barricades were put on roads by the police leading to traffic diversions.

Anubhav Gupta, a class 2 student of La Martiniere College had to stay in school for almost 45 minutes after school got over. This was because the driver struggled to reach out to him on time due to traffic congestion.

“I had to take a different route as traffic movement was restricted to several places. There was a traffic jam in the Sadar area itself. After facing many difficulties, I was able to reach school at 11.30 am, almost 45 minutes after school got over,” driver, Deepak said.

As the entire stretch of road connecting Raj Bhawan with Vikramaditya Marg was barricaded to stop protesters from moving towards Raj Bhawan, a traffic jam was a scene at Lohia Path and Saheed Path too.

Even patients heading towards Shyama Prasad Mukherjee hospital on Park Road also struggled due to traffic diversion and jams.

As a result of the traffic jam, people en route to their offices were almost an hour late. Deepak Agarwal, a resident of Maqboolganj said he had to struggle in reaching his destination as he was caught in a jam.