Gondia, 17 Mar (HS):- Women workers registered with

the government on Monday staged a road blockade agitation Bela on the Bhandara-Nagpur

National Highway No 53. The women workers were in the queue to receive kits for

their security and other essential items. The date of distribution was announced

earlier and the women stood in the queue since early morning on Monday. The

women got irritated as the kits distribution was cancelled at the last moment.

They, then staged the agitation on the streets bringing the traffic on the

highway to a grinding halt for several hours.

Police force rushed to the spot and convinced the

women and clear the traffic. Due to the road blockade by the agitating women,

queues of vehicles up to about five kilometers were seen on both sides.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar