An agitation to evict a country liquor shop in Sundargarh has been intensified with the demonstrators starting a 12-day stir.
Hemgiri Tehsildar forwarded the demands to the Collector, Sundargarh on Wednesday for necessary steps.
The villagers of Garjanjor panchayat are opposing a country liquor shop at Bileimunda under Hemgiri block and demanding its shifting on the pretext that it has got a very bad effect on the locals and is creating a lot of disturbances in the area.
Several students and old persons of these villages have joined the campaign against liquor. Meanwhile, 34 demonstrators fell sick and admitted in hospital for treatment on Monday.
The same day, Collector Bhupinder Singh Punia rushed to Hemgiri block for public grievance and the protesters demanded for eviction of the country liquor shop.
On Tuesday during the relay strike of protesters where several male and female persons were present, Hemgiri Tehsildar lalat Kumar luha and Hemgiri police officials discussed with the protesters to withdraw the strike but in vain.