Protests create jams, but barricades don’t?
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Jul 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
DEAR MR COLLECTOR…
Protests were nixed at collectorate old gate over traffic issues, moved away; but ample space outside new gate is blocked by official barricades. Activists irate
In its zeal to avoid protests around a government building by citing traffic snarls, the district administration has set up barricades to keep people away — and these are now causing the same traffic jams that they claimed they were trying to prevent!
Agitations and protests are part of a healthy democracy — but most authorities are loath to allow the same on their premises to prevent chaos. As a result, most such rallies find themselves near the