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A dispute over encroachment of school land has come to light in the Keredi Panchayat of Kandhamal district. In protest, the villagers of Keredi reportedly blocked the Phulbani-Berhampur National Highway No. 157 on Tuesday.
As per reports, police and Phulbani Tehsildar arrived at the site of the incident and tried to pacify the agitated crowd.
According to the villagers, a person has forcibly occupied a part of the school playground land belonging to Keredi High School and constructed a house on it.
The villagers had submitted a memorandum to the district Collector a week earlier, demanding the eviction of the illegal structur...