ITANAGAR, 6 Oct: The 145 traffic wardens of the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR), who were on a protest since 15 September, called off their protest on 1 October after receiving verbal assurance from Home Minister Mama Natung and his adviser Mutchu Mithithat their demand would be addressed.

At the direction of Chief Minister Pema Khandu, the home minister and his adviser interacted with all the traffic wardens and listened to their grievances.

A traffic warden expressed confidence that their grievances would be addressed by the government. It is learnt that Mithi and Natung asked for two weeks’time to address the wardens’ demand.

The traffic situation in the ICR had worsened when the wardens had gone on a sit-in protest to demand their absorption into the 200 posts of Home Guards under th

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