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Power-hungry men block road

21 July 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Bogra

Hundreds of agitated people yesterday put up barricade on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Nishindara in the district demanding restoration of power supply in their locality. They alleged that their area remained without electricity for the last five days after an electric transformer went out of order. Sources said hundreds of vehicles got stranded on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway during the barricade that lasted for 45 minutes from 2:30pm. The agitators withdrew the barricade when police assured them of restoring power supply after discussing the problem with local power officials.