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Vehicular movement hit over protests on proposed IIT in AP

Vehicular movement hit over protests on proposed IIT in AP

Vehicular traffic was badly hit on two major highways in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday as political parties blockaded roads over the proposed location of an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the state.

While Opposition party activists blocked the Hyderabad-Nagpur road (National Highway 7) to demand setting up of the IIT in the temple town of Basara in Adilabad district as originally proposed, the ruling Congress stopped traffic on the Hyderabad-Mumbai road (National Highway 9) in support of the decision to locate it in Medak district.

Hundreds of vehicles were stranded at various places, including on the outskirts of Hyderabad and in Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, as activists of the Opposition Telugu Desam Party, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and other parties blocked the Hyderabad-Nagpur road.

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