Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Premlal Kurve told ANI that DJ operators who were seeking permission to play a sound system had blocked the roads. Upon receiving the information, a contingent of police reached the spot to pacify the protestors.
She stated that the relatives of victims of enforced disappearances have blocked the Karachi-Quetta highway at three locations by holding sit-ins and urged people of Balochistan to ensure their participation in these sit-ins.
The protest, organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) Jhalawan region and the families of the missing persons, demanded justice and an end to systematic repression by the state.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been temporarily halted following a landslide in the Mehad area of Ramban. The landslide has blocked the route, and authorities are working to clear the debris. Drivers are advised to follow alternative routes while the situation is being
The Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway near Karnaprayag has been blocked due to falling mountain debris following continuous rainfall, officials said on Saturday.
Some disturbing visuals came from Himachal Pradesh's Kullu, as constant torrential rains caused floods and landslides in the lower areas of the districts. As seen in the visuals, vehicles were damaged, and the administration has begun efforts to rescue all the damaged vehicles.
The sit-in, which began at Nawab Hotel, has now spread to Lakpas, where demonstrators have blocked traffic on the Taftan-Quetta and Quetta-Karachi National Highways.
AAP leaders claimed they were blocked from entering the Assembly today by the police on the orders of the Speaker and alleged that barricades were placed on the entry road to stop them.
With vocal expressions of disapproval being reiterated time and again against building six new canals on the Indus River, the nationalist parties of Sindh organized protests and blocked highways in different parts of the province
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed gratitude while meeting supporters on Friday and said that the Delhi government approved the Ayushman Bharat scheme, which the AAP 'blocked', in the first cabinet meeting itself.
Mangochar residents in Balochistan's Kalat area have blocked traffic on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway by staging a sit-in. Long lines of cars have consequently developed on the roadway according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).