Berhampur: The residents of Ankuli and Lanjipalli area organized a railrok demanding a passenger halt near Lanjipalli here on Wednesday.
Lang standing demands from the people of Ankuli and Lanjipalli area for a passenger halt near of Lanjipalli could not be solved by the railway authority or the district administration till today, though the people of the area have been demanding it from 1997.
The area people many a times attracted the attention of district authorities, elective representatives of Berhampur and DRM’s of Railway for fulfillment of their demand, but they could not succeed.
As a result the people of Ankuli, Lanjipalli, Berhampur Industrial area, Engineering College area came out with a huge gathering for railrok near Lanjipalli.
The administration and railway authorities’ inaction compelled the area people for railrok. Hundreds of women along with men were sat on the railway line demanding for their cause. Due to this strike, the communication was hit for few hours. The trains like Berhampur-Bhadrak fast passenger and Duronto Express were took a halt for few hours.
After the given commitment by the railway officials, the agitators were moved from the strike.
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