Despite ESMA BJP workers resorted to blockade in Talcher
The Statesman Bhubaneswar|December 27, 2024
Despite the enforcement of Essential Services maintenance Act (ESMA) in Talcher industrial belt, ruling BJP workers resorted to an economic blockade at Jindal India Thermal Power Plant on Thursday.
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The protestors did not allow vehicles including coal to the plant for several hours. The blockade was led by Pallahara MLA Ashok Kumar Mohanty.

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