Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Aug 6: People from Tarala village near Manore Galla held protest demonstration and disrupted movement of traffic on Rajouri-Budhal road for about six hours today.
The villagers came out on the road at around 8 am today after some houses suffered damage due to rain and land slides. They alleged that during road widening, the GREF authorities indulged in massive cutting of sides. They did not raise protection walls on the hill side and their houses suffered damage due to negligence on the part of GREF officials.
The villagers raised barricades and blocked Budhal road for more than five hours. Police party led by SHO and tehsildar Kotranka reached but people refused to clear the road. Later senior GREF officer reached there and assured to compensate the affected families and also agreed to raise protection walls on war footing there. The people then lifted dharna around 2 pm.
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