Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- The employees and pensioners of Punjab Mulazam and Pensioner Sanjha Front and the Sanjha Mulazam Manch organised a protest near the Sector 39 Mandi ground on Friday. They entered Chandigarh from Mohali and were stopped near Sector 39 by the police barricades.

Police barricading had been placed around 9.00 am while the protesters started entering around 10.00 am. They were stopped by the police as they tried to protest outside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and were charged with water cannons in order to control the crowd. No FIR was filed by the police.

Due to the protest, the road from Max Hospital to Ziri Mandi Chowk, the road from Mohali to Sector39/40-55/56 Chowk and the road from the Sector 39 police station light po...