Tag: Road Blockade

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Rengali dam displaced block NH-49; vehicular movement hit

Deogarh: Vehicular traffic on NH-49 was disrupted today due to a road blockade agitation by oustees of Rengali dam at Barkote and Thianala over three-point charter of demands. The agitators under the aegis of Rengali Basachyuta Surakhya Samiti have been sitting on a 12-hr dharna on NH-49 since 7 am. They want a compensation of […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Locals block Balasore-Chandipur road over ex-gratia for electrocuted labourers

Balasore: Vehicular traffic on Balasore-Chandipur has been disrupted since this morning as locals have blocked the road near Jhumpura square demanding compensation for family members of two youths, who were electrocuted to death on DRDO campus. The protestors are demanding ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each and a job for kin of the two labourers. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Farmer suicide: Locals withdraw road blockade in Bargarh

Bargarh: The road blockade near Kalapani on NH-53 by locals demanding compensation for the kin of farmer Brunda Sahu who committed suicide on Wednesday, ended after the Bargarh district administration assured to provide financial assistance to the farmer’s family. The road blockade was withdrawn in wee hours today after the administration promised to allot four […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Ashoka Market Traders block road, protest snapping of power, water supply

Bhubaneswar: Vehicular movement came to a standstill at Rajmahal Square, one of the busiest routes in the capital city, as traders resorted to a road blockade today protesting snapping of electricity and water supply to Ashoka Market here without any prior notice. The activists under the banner of the Ashoka Market Traders’ Association blocked the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Lawyers’ bandh hits normalcy in Puri

Puri: Vehicular traffic between Puri and other parts of the State came to a grinding halt while business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices remained shut today due to 12-hour bandh observed by Puri Bar Association. Up in arms over murder of advocate Laxmidhar Mohapatra, the fellow lawyers also halted several trains at the railway […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Traffic disrupted on NH 149 as BJP blocks road in Pallahara

Angul: Vehicular movement on the national highway-149 was hit as the BJP Angul unit staged a road blockade at Pallahara today pressing for fulfillment of a six-point charter of demands. The demands included drought-hit status to Pallahara, compensation to families affected by elephant menace, filling up of vacant posts in health care and educational institutions. […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Koraput gang rape: Traffic restored on Jeypore –Visakhapatnam route after 33 hours

Jeypore: After 33 hours of road blockade, the National Highway 26 between Jeypore and Visakhapatnam was cleared for vehicular traffic as the locals, who agitated in protest against the gang rape of a minor girl in the district, withdrew the blockade following discussion with district administration and police last night. The Collector and SP held […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Locals block NH after trader killed in accident on NH-53

Dhenkanal: Tension prevailed in Kamakhyanagar after locals blocked the NH-53 protesting the death of a person in a road accident here on Saturday. According to sources, the incident took place today morning near Kamakhyanagar police station when Pushpakant Sahu, a local trader, was hit by a truck from behind on NH-53, killing him on the […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Traffic hit as locals block NH-49 in Deogarh

Deogarh: Locals of Kuroda village have staged a road blockade on NH-49 presenting a four point charter of demands here in the district today. According to reports, demands of the locals include widening of the National Highway passing through the area, probe into land acquisition irregularity, involvement of locals in land acquisition and development of […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
BJP bandh hits normal life in Angul

Angul: Normal life has been paralysed following a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh being observed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Khamar in the district over several demands on Saturday. The BJP protestors staged a road blockade agitation on Talcher-Pallahara road pressing a seven-charter of demands, including declaration of Khamar region as drought-hit, construction of a […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Villager electrocuted, Locals block Dharmagada-Sinapali road

Dharmagada: Vehicular movement on Dharmagada-Sinapali road was disrupted when locals blocked the road near Tumura in Golamunda demanding ex gratia for family of a villager who was electrocuted this morning. They staged the road blockade by placing the villager’s dead body on the road. While returning home along with chopped off tree branches, the villager, […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Women protest water scarcity, allege government apathy in Bolangir

Bolangir: At a time when several parts of Odisha are witnessing flood fury, the residents of Western Odisha are still facing water crisis. Perturbed over acute water scarcity even in rainy season, the residents of Hatisalpada here took to streets today as a mark of protest against administrative apathy. Scores of women staged road blockade […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Abhimanyu murder: BJP activists block NH demanding arrest of main accused

Cuttack/Binjharpur: Demanding immediate arrest of prime accused in the Abhimanyu Das murder case, members of the party’s OBC cell today blocked national highway at different places. While some BJP OBC cell members blocked NH-16 in Cuttack at different intersections, similar type of protest was held by party leaders on NH-20 near BJ Moter chhak in […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Pregnant woman dies in road mishap

Boudh: Tension prevailed at Manamunda Medical chhak after an expectant mother was killed in a road mishap here on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Dhaneswari Danta. According to reports, Dhaneswari was severely injured after being hit by a speeding car which tried to escape from the spot after the accident. Eye-witnesses said that […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Teacher dies after being hit by police vehicle, students block road

Keonjhar: The death of a teacher after being hit by a police vehicle sparked off tension in area under Champua police limits here on Saturday. Vehicular traffic between Champua-Basudevpur was disrupted for several hours. The deceased identified as Surendra Mohanty was injured after a jeep carrying few police personnel of Joda police station hit him […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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