Normal life was paralysed in Jharsuguda district due to a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh on Wednesday called by the BJP demanding declaration of the district as drought-hit.
Vehicular traffic came to a standstill. BJP activists staged picketing at Beheramal and Badamal of the town disrupting running of vehicles on roads connecting Sambalpur.
The farmers are suffering from crop failure due to poor rainfall and disease outbreak in five blocks of the district, the party alleged. BJP MlA Radharani Panda is on an indefinite hunger strike since Monday in front of the Collector’s office here demanding assistance and support to farmers of the district.