Normal life was paralysed in Kamakhyanagar of Dhenkanal district on Tuesday due to a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh observed by the Councillors of the Notified Area Council (NAC) demanding repair of NH-53 and construction of a drainage system.
While vehicular movement was badly affected, shops and other business establishments remained closed due to the bandh. The Councillors have been demanding repairing of NH-53 and constriction of roadside drainage channels from Alatoma to Jiridamali.
“Though the Sub-Collector and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) officials had assured us to fulfil our demands, they are yet to act on it, for which we resorted to the bandh,” said Kamakhyanagar NAC Chairman Dharmanand Parida. Notably, the NAC had earlier observed a bandh on March 25 over the same demands.