Jalandhar, April 24 -- Commuters were a harried lot as farmer unions, villagers, market associations and representatives of several political parties blocked the Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway at Bhogpur for nearly three hours on Wednesday against a bio-CNG plant at the cooperative sugar mill.

The protesters said the administration is planning to discard waste from Jalandhar and nearby areas for bio management at the plant, which will turn the whole area into a garbage dump.

The district administration and mill authorities, however, have already refuted claims that municipal waste will be processed here. As per the authorties, only pressmud, which is generated during cane crushing, will be used as fuel to operate the plant.

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