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Life in Ghosarmal panchayat under Naktideul block of Sambalpur district came to a halt on Thursday morning, not because of a storm or a strike, but due to the lack of a mobile network despite having a tower in the village, which locals claimed has been a problem troubling the community for months.
Sources reported that by 10 am, dozens of men, women, and children from the panchayat gathered on National Highway-55 at the Bhima Bhoi College square in Rairakhol. They spread mats and sat directly across the blacktop, forming a human barricade.
Some held their children in their laps, others carried placards. Within minutes, traffic ...