09-20-2006, 10:47 PM
<b>MCD sealing drive: Delhi turns into virtual battlefield</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Violence erupted in several parts of the capital on Wednesday as traders protesting the MCD's sealing drive clashed with police injuring nearly 100 people, including 30 securitymen and a deputy commissioner of police.
According to TV reports,<b> at least two people were killed in the clashes</b>.
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As a precautionary measure, the Metro services were short-terminated at Shashtri Park station, avoiding the areas of Seelampur, Welcome and Shahdara, a DMRC official said.
"Stones were hurled at a Metro train in Shahdara, damaging its windowpanes," he said.
There was chaos at the Shastri Park station as passengers were asked to get off the train and get a refund of their tickets.
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<b>"The trade bandh has caused a business loss to about Rs 200 crore and a revenue loss to about Rs 15 crore for Delhi Goverment today,"</b> said CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal.
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According to TV reports,<b> at least two people were killed in the clashes</b>.
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As a precautionary measure, the Metro services were short-terminated at Shashtri Park station, avoiding the areas of Seelampur, Welcome and Shahdara, a DMRC official said.
"Stones were hurled at a Metro train in Shahdara, damaging its windowpanes," he said.
There was chaos at the Shastri Park station as passengers were asked to get off the train and get a refund of their tickets.
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<b>"The trade bandh has caused a business loss to about Rs 200 crore and a revenue loss to about Rs 15 crore for Delhi Goverment today,"</b> said CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal.
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