University Students Belonging To Inter University Students Confederation Have Conducted A Protest March Towards University Grants Commission Causing Heavy Traffic On The Roads

Around 100 University Students including Buddhist Monks belonging to Inter University Students Confederation have began a protest march in front of Sri Jayawardenapura University this evening and marched towards University Grants Commission Building at Ward Place Colombo by demanding to solve several  demands of University Students .This protest march of University Students have caused  heavy traffic congestion in many roads of the  Colombo City.

Both commuters and pedestrians have faced immersed  difficulties due to heavy traffic occurred on the roads this evening  which lasted several hours due to the  Protest March it has been reported.

However although a large number of Police Officers have been deployed in the route where the protest march held  the march has been held peacefully without any violent incident  like what happened during HNDA Students Protest March held in Ward Place few days back.

The University Students belonging to Inter University Students Confederation have launched this protest march today by demanding several  University Students Demands including increasing Mahapola Scholarship Fees up to Rs.5000,Increase the annual intake of Students to Government Universities ,Abolishing the Malabe Private Medical College and offer Degree Status to  HNDA Diploma Programme .