The pandemonium and pageantry that is an Indian wedding is legendary not just here, but across the globe. However, residents of Vikas Nagar area in Wanowrie area are hardly in a celebratory mood. Annoyed by the boisterous commemoration of marriages at Alankaran banquet hall and the adjacent lawn located in the premises of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) headquarters, locals have warned that they will stage a protest on August 15.

Pomp and show: Locals say that rent for the lawn and wedding hall is steep, so only affluent weddings are organised here, and that the open space, which was originally created for the force’s daily exercises, is now reserved as parking space for people who attend weddings