People block NH at Samba

Excelsior Correspondent

People protesting at Samba on Monday. -Excelsior/Gautam
People protesting at Samba on Monday. -Excelsior/Gautam

SAMBA, May 26: The irate residents of Budwani, Ward No 10, Samba today blocked Jammu -Pathankot National Highway for power failure in the area due to burning down of power transformer in the locality.
The protestors raising slogans came on National Highway this evening and blocked it for half an hour in protest against the callousness of PDD.
They demanded immediate installation of transformer in their Ward.
The road blockade resulted into disturbance of movement of vehicular traffic on busy NH. Later SDPO and SHO Samba reached the spot and assured the people that the transformer would be installed tomorrow. On this, assurance they lifted the road blockade.