{"id":16024,"date":"2014-01-28T10:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T05:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2014-01-28T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T05:25:29","slug":"secretariat-to-become-protest-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/secretariat-to-become-protest-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretariat to become &#8216;Protest-free&#8217; Zone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#EnteThiruvananthapuram:<\/strong> The demand for a separate protest zone in the capital city gathers momentum as the government calls for an all-party meeting this month to discuss the issue of finding an alternative protest venue in Trivandrum. The decision came following the 24-hour-long hunger strike by KPCC vice-president M M Hassan earlier this month, demanding that protests in front of the Secretariat be prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>City Police and Intelligence Bureau have asked the government to move demonstrations and protest from secretariat area. Other States have dedicated spaces, like the Ram Lila Maidan in Delhi, to stage protests. Here, there are other options such as the Putharikandam Maidan, Poojapura, or the <a title=\"Shanghumugham Beach to get facelift\" href=\"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/shanghumugham-beach-to-get-facelift\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shanghumugham beach<\/a>. The most suitable site will be chosen by the government after discussions with all parties. Many residents\u2019 associations and cultural &amp; literary organisations, had already expressed their solidarity with the cause.<\/p>\n<p>Many protests take place in front of the secretariat daily. Trivandrumites face many hardships and inconveniences due to these agitations. Protests and blockades cause massive traffic jams in the city. People going to school, offices and airport etc are all affected by the demonstrations. Even emergency services such as ambulance and fire services are disrupted by these protests. Public properties are damaged during the agitation, causing huge money loss.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations and people who stage demonstration believe that only demonstrations staged in front of the Secretariat will get desired results. This mindset should be changed and political parties should reach a consensus on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#EnteThiruvananthapuram: The demand for a separate protest zone in the capital city gathers momentum as the government calls for an all-party meeting this month to discuss the issue of finding an alternative protest venue in Trivandrum. The decision came following the 24-hour-long hunger strike by KPCC vice-president M M Hassan earlier this month, demanding that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":16184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-16024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}