Published 17:14 IST, March 2nd 2021

Magisterial probe ordered into clash between villagers, police in Uttarakhand

 A magisterial probe has been ordered into a clash that broke out between protesting villagers and police at Diwalikhal near Gairsain, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Tuesday.

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 A magisterial probe has been ordered into a clash that broke out between protesting villagers and police at Diwalikhal near Gairsain, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Tuesday.Rawat told reporters here that those responsible for clash will be brought to book but re should be no action against innocent.A clash erupted between protesting villagers and police on Monday at Diwalikhal when locals broke barrices to march to Vidhan Sabha in Gairsain, demanding widening of Nandprayag-Ghat motor ro.

Villagers of Ghat area have been agitating over issue for last two months demanding widening stretch by 1.5 metres.

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Police h to burst water canons and lathicharge protesters to control m.          

  Both police and protesters claimed to have sustained injuries in clash that subsided only after detention of around 300 villagers.

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Rawat said he h alrey ordered widening of not so busy ros in block hequarters by 1.5 metres and busy ones by 2 metres but some people were misleing ors to create destability. 

17:14 IST, March 2nd 2021