Riot Police have fired tear gas and highpreassure water cannons to disperse a Protest march of University students belongs to Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) at Lotus junction in Colombo this Evening (28).
The protesters who had launched the protest march from Technical Junction in Colombo Fort this noon by demamding to ptovide solutions for several demands imcluding removing the private University Act had marched towards the Lotus Junction and when they have attempted to march towards the presidential secretariet riot police have fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse them. .
Police have closed down the Lotus Road due to the heavy traffic congestion crested as a result of the protest march .
A heavy traffic had been prevailed in and around Technical Junction and Colombo Fort for few hours as a result of the protest .
