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Haryana quota protest: Tension escalates, govt announces additional flights
Rohtak/New Delhi, Feb 21 (IBNS): With Haryana facing the quota protest by the Jat Community for the eighth day on Sunday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has organised for additional flights in view of ongoing road blockades and disturbance being carried out in the state.
"In view of ongoing road blockades and disturbance in Haryana, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has organised additional flights," a government statement on Sunday read.
At least ten people have been killed and 150 others have been injured in Haryana so far as protesters are demanding they be given government jobs under OBC quota.
Six more people have died on Sunday's violence, taking the number of deaths to 10.
Despite curfew and Army presence, protesters continued violence in Rohtak, Jhajjar and several other towns.
According to reports, a station ticket counter was burnt in Gurgaon while an ATM machine was also set ablaze in Bhiwani.
Protesters are expected to meet home minister Rajnath Singh.
On Sunday, the agitating Jats blocked the Shimla highway near Panchkula.
The national capital also witnessed another blockade as protesters sat down on the Bahadurgarh road to Haryana.
An additional 1,700 paramilitary troops have been sent to Haryana, taking the total number of central armed police personnel deployed in the troubled state to 5,000.
On Saturday, the agitators also set ablaze many vehicles and buildings.
Earlier, protesters allegedly set on fire the house of Haryana minister Capt Abhimanyu, who was not present inside the house then.
After the meeting between Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and the Jat leaders failed, the protesters took to the streets in Kaithal, Karnal, Jind and other districts in the state, disrupting road and rail traffic.
In Jind, trains were stopped and prohibitory orders under Section 144 imposed after the clash, according to local media reports.
The curfew will reportedly continue in several towns and districts including Rohtak, Bhiwani, Sonepat, Jhajjar, Hisar and Hansi on Sunday.
The Jat quota stir of Haryana reached Delhi on Saturday as Jat students protested at the north campus of Delhi University and agitators gathered at the Delhi-Sonepat border blocking National Highway 1 that connects Delhi with Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Nearly 500 trains were cancelled in the region, including the Rajdhani and Shatabdi which have been cancelled until Sunday noon.
Earlier, mobile internet services have been suspended by the administration as protests in Haryana's Rohtak gains momentum, entering the sixth day on Friday, according to reports.
Demanding reservation for them, the Jat community's protest turned violent on Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, the Centre on Sunday asked the Haryana government to ensure that Delhi's water supply is not affected due to the Jat community stir.
Delhi, after being bracing for a severe water crisis, has decided to shut down schools and government offices.
On Saturday night, the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to intervene and ensure water supply.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal spoke to his counter part in Haryana and to Rajnath Singh so that the protest in Haryana did not affect the water supply to Delhi.
Kejriwal later tweeted "Spoke to Rajnath ji also and apprised him of grave situation. He has assured that army is being sent to munak canal."
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