Locals block road after accident
Jharsuguda: A 28years old married women Asha Rana died on the spot in an accident held at SH-10, near L&T Bypass Road.
As per the sources, Asha and her husband Dipu Rana were going towards Beheramal with their 8 year old daughter Divya Rana, when a truck dashed their bike and loosing the control Asha and her 8 year old kid fall down and the truck run over and she died on the spot. Her 8 year old daughter luckily survived with bone fracture along with her husband, who has also sustained injuries.
As the news of the accident spread at the locality, the locals gathered at the spot and launched an agitation to protest against the accident and blocked SH- 10 for nearly two hours in demand of a speed breaker and demanded proper compensation to the families of the deceased.
However, Police administration rushed the spot and had tried to lift the blockade but after the assurance from the Jharsuguda Sub Collector, who visited the spot and assured the agitators that Rs. 30K will be given immediately from the Red Cross Society, Truck Owners Association and Truck Association together. Sub Collector Sukant Tripathy also said that, �Speed breaker would be installed at L&T By-pass along with a Home Guard at the turning.�