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 kit 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 kilometres were seen on both sides.
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