DAY THREE OF CAPITAL CHAOS
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Day 3: Delhi traders go on rampage
Published on Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:26, Updated on Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 15:36 in 
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New Delhi: Parts of the Capital were thrown into total chaos on third day of traders' bandh against MCD sealing when police lathicharged traders in an effort to clear a major roadblock in East Delhi.
Traders, threatening an indefinite stir, took to the streets in large numbers, blocking important intersections and causing traffic chaos on the final day of their three-day bandh.
Health services in the city are also likely to be affected as private medical practitioners and nursing homes joined the trade bandh.
Delhi Medical Association (DMA) President K K Kapoor, however, said emergency services will continue to be operational.
Turning out in huge numbers, traders and BJP activists staged a huge demonstration at 'Noida Mode' intersection in East Delhi, creating a massive traffic jam.
The agitators punctured the tyres of a buses, that added to the traffic chaos.
STRIKE ONE: DAY THREE |
 Traders have blocked the road at Mayur Vihar, leading to a traffic jam. There are traffic diversions at Noida turn. |
| Traders are sitting on a hunger strike in Paharganj in Central Delhi. |
| South Delhi traders held a rally starting from Malviya Nagar. It passed through Green Park, Hauz Khas, South Extension, Lajpat Nagar and end at Greater Kailash. |
| A candle light march has been planned in the evening from the Red Fort to the Town Hall near Chandni Chowk. |
| A human chain has been planned at Seelampur. Four people were killed in the area after violence broke out on September 20th. |
| Private doctors are also on a day-long strike to express solidarity with the traders. Most schools though are open today. |
The protestors burnt tyres and also pelted stones on the police personnel.
The morning rush hour traffic was also thrown out of gear in Malviya Nagar in South Delhi as the protesting traders took out a massive rally.
Most of the major markets, meanwhile, continued to remain shut.
With the Supreme Court monitoring committee asking the civic body to resume the action against shops running illegally in residential areas from Thursday, the traders are meeting later on Wednesday to decide their future course of action.
The traders had earlier threatened that they could go on an indefinite strike if the government failed to bring the sealing drive to a halt.
(With PTI inputs)
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