A century old mausoleum coming in the middle of road widening was removed

Administration was anticipating protest, stopped traffic for about five hours

Bhaskar News Service

Mathura. A century-old mausoleum coming in the middle of the widening of the Mathura-Vrindavan road was removed on Monday with the help of the people. The administration was apprehensive of protest against the removal of the tomb, due to which the district administration had made concrete arrangements to deal with any protest. Traffic was completely stopped for about five hours from either side. Even pedestrians were not allowed to pass. However, the apprehension of the district administration turned out to be baseless and no protest came forward in any way. By deploying heavy police force on the spot, the top officers kept an eye on the whole matter. The work of four-laning of about 12 km long road of Mathura Vrindavan is being done by the Public Works Department since last one year. In which about 80 percent work has been completed, but more than a century old Adda Baba’s tomb near village Dhorera was coming in the way of widening. Due to which the work of widening was stuck. In the past, the district administration had talked to the people of the particular community and talked about shifting it elsewhere, but the matter could not be reached between the two sides. In the early hours of Monday, the district administration made a foolproof plan with full preparation and first banned traffic on the entire route and also prohibited all pedestrians and all types of vehicles coming from Mathura and Vrindavan on the Mathura-Vrindavan road. was done. After about five hours of action, the movement on the Mathura-Vrindavan road was made smooth.