India, March 14 -- The agitation by students against the dumping of garbage in the Mula-Mutha river intensified on Friday as nearly 6,000 students from the MIT Art, Design and Technology (MIT ADT) University campus renewed their "Garbage Bandh" protest after the deadline given to local gram panchayats expired without any concrete action. Students blocked garbage-laden tractors outside the university's main gate, preventing them from entering the campus and heading towards the riverbed where, according to protesters, large quantities of waste continue to be dumped daily.

The protest was launched on March 4 when students staged a demonstration and stopped waste vehicles heading towards the dumping site before it was temporarily suspended f...