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Ara: Hundreds of villagers blocked  Ara-Sasaram main road near Lohia Chowk under Piro sub-division in Bhojpur district since morning on Tuesday and paralysed movement of vehicles in protest against erratic power supply for the last one month. They burnt tyres on road and raised slogans against officials of  South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL).

The agitating people said that they were having a tough time in this blistering summer but the SBPDCL have remained indifferent. They said that due to the apathetic attitude of the officials of the SBPDCL, they were not getting power though power was available in the grid. The blockade continued till the filling of this report.