Normal road traffic was paralysed for over three hours on NH-5 when locals staged a road blockade after the death of an old woman in road accident near Tangi, 20 km from here on Wednesday morning.
Police said Golapi Nayak (65) from a nearby village was crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle around 10.30 am. The woman was crossing the road as she had come to the local panchayat office for collecting her old age pension.
Soon people from the nearby areas rushed to the spot and blocked the road demanding adequate compensation to the family of the victim.
They also demanded that old age pension now be disbursed at their respective villages and proper humps should be constructed on the NH so as to avoid fatal road accidents at the stretch. local Tehildar SC Ray said the district Red Cross has given Rs 10, 000 to the family to perform the last rites and steps would be taken soon to meet the demands of the locals.