NCR has been put on High Alert by the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday in view of the call by the Gujjar protestors for “NCR roko” on May 29. Police on Tuesday tear-gassed Gujjar protestors on Delhi-Jaipur highway & in Tonk district as the stir spread to new areas in Rajasthan with agitation leader Kirori Singh Bainsla asking Centre to intervene to resolve the five-day old impasse over the issue of ST status for the community.

Police has fired teargas shells to disperse hundreds of protesters who put up blockades on the busy Delhi-Jaipur national highway, near Kothputli, about 130 kms from the state capital, leading to traffic chaos & large queues of buses. Police had earlier lathicharged the agitators.

Rail Traffic passing through Rajasthan has been also disrupted for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday with ten trains being cancelled by the Northern Railways in view of the violent agitation by the Gujjar community in the state.

The trains that were cancelled are August Kranti Express, Nimach Link Express, Nizamuddin-Udaipur Intercity, Nizamuddin-Indore Intercity, Janta Express, Nizamuddin-Kota Jan Shatabdi Express, Gujrat Sampark Krantim, Bandra-Nizamuddin, Maharashtra Samprak Kranti, Muzaffarpur-Bandra Avadh Express & Ahmedabad-Asansol Parasanath Express.