More than 800,000 protesters disrupted Mumbai traffic and strained its railway network this morning as they pressed their demands for reserved quotas in government jobs and college places for students.
Young people and senior citizens of the Maratha community waved saffron flags in a protest that the police said was free of incidents of violence, with more than 10,000 policemen on guard.
Traffic came to a halt in many parts of the business district, while protesters jammed suburban trains.
It was the concluding protest of a series of 57 marches last year across organised by the state’s Maratha community to press its demands.
