Curfew relaxated in Gharsana Raola

Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 15:07 [IST]

Jaipur, Oct 18 (UNI) The district administration has relaxed curfew in the Gharsana township in Ganganager for one hour in the morning.

Curfew has also been relaxed in Raola.

In Gharsana, an hour long curfew relaxation was enforced from 0800hrs for people to purchase essential commodities.

The district administration called in troops and imposed a curfew in Gharsana and Raola yesterday after the one week long farmers agitation in the area demanding extra water from the Indira Gandhi canal turned violent. Troops also conducted a flag march today as the situation is limping back to normalcy.

Meanwhile, the lawyers of the city court struck work and took out a procession for the second day today in support of the farmers.

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