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#WATCH MNS workers break road in front of Mantralaya in Mumbai to protest against potholes in the city, late last n… https://t.co/fnapPQib07 — ANI (@ANI) 1531800700000

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A day after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena () workers vandelised a government office in Navi Mumbai, some members of the MNS allegedly dug up the pavement outside the Mantralaya, the state secretariat in Mumbai, in the early hours today to protest against potholes in the city.A video has surfaced on social media in which a group ofmen can be seen damaging the road outside the Mantralaya."A group of around 20 workers of the MNS gathered outside the Mantralaya around 3 am today and started digging up a footpath using spades and other tools to protest against the potholes on roads," a police official said. Taking actions against this, police have arrested at least eight MNS workers."All the MNS members present there were taken to the Marine Drive police station, where eight of them involved in digging up the footpath were arrested," Manojkumar Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone -I) said.This comes a day after some MNS members attacked a government office in Navi Mumbai, to vent their ire over potholes on the 39-km stretch between Sion and Panvel and-related deaths in the state.As many as half a dozen people have lost their lives in the state due to deadlythis monsoon seasonAccording to recent news reports, nearly 3,600 people had died due toin 2017 across the country in comparison to 803 lives lost in terrorist incidents.Potholes claimed almost 10 lives daily with total fatalities in the country rising to 3,597 — over 50 per cent higher than 2016.Maharashtra recorded a doubling of deaths at 726 year-on-year.(Inputs from PTI, ANI)