Unemployed teachers cops injured in clash during march to Punjab CMs house
The teachers who have been protesting outside the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) office in Phase 8 for the past three weeks on Tuesday led a march towards Punjab chief ministers residence in Chandigarh when they were stopped by police barricading.The protesters tried to scale the barricades prompting police to use water cannons and mild lathicharge.Some teachers fainted as they could not face the water pressure while some female protesters managed to climb the water cannon and stopped the water flow allowing protesters to move forward.The injured teachers were rushed to the civil hospital in Phase 6 where they were discharged after treatment.Meanwhile other protesters continued to demonstrate on the roadside. They refused to budge until the government issued them confirmation letters.Mohali deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan said a meeting of the teachers was scheduled with the Punjab education minister on Tuesday but it was postponed due to some unavoidable reasons.