This picture (below) is about one more traffic jam courtesy a rally organised at the peak hour of 9 AM on 21st Nov 08. This time the jam near High Grounds police station junction was due to the rally of school children who were participating in Chinnara Habba. A good-samaritan acts, in vain. Pic: author. This incident happened immediately a day after the political rally of JD(S) in which citizens were subjected to a horrendous time. I am not against children's rallies but it could have been held at non-peak hours. The school administrators, event organisers and the public adminstrators…
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