Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Hundreds of activists of the CPI(ML) led by their leader Manoj Manzil blocked Ara-Sakaddi main road since morning on October 31, 2018, to protest use of JCB machines for sand mining ignoring the sand labourers at the sand ghats in Bhojpur district.
Manoj Manzil said that the government has banned use of JCB for sand mining but it was being used with impunity at different sand ghats in Bhojpur district rendering the sand labourers jobless. He said the families of the sand labourers are on the verge starvation as the the contractor were not engaging them for sand mining. He demanded immediate ban on use of JCB for sand mining at sand ghats and employment of the sand labourers for the purpose failing which the CPI (ML) would launch an aggressive agitation for the cause of the sand labourers.