Rival Protests By Pangri, Talegaon Villagers Halt Traffic On Parli-Beed Road
Beed: A bitter dispute between two neighbouring villages over electricity supply brought vehicular traffic to a grinding halt on the Parli Vaijnath-Beed Road at Pangri and Talegaon in Parli Vaijnath tehsil on Monday morning, after residents of both villages staged separate road blockades (rasta roko). The dispute centres on the 33 kV sub-station located at Pangri, from which Talegaon receives…
Vehicular traffic came to a standstill on the Parli Vaijnath-Beed Road near Pangri and Talegaon villages on Monday morning due to separate road blockades by residents of both communities. The unrest is rooted in a long-standing dispute over electricity supply. Talegaon villagers accused unnamed individuals of dismantling power lines and demolishing electricity poles on Sunday, plunging the village into darkness for two days.
This outage has exacerbated a water crisis affecting standing crops in the area. In response, Talegaon villagers held a sit-in demonstration from 9 am to 12:30 pm, halting traffic for three and a half hours. The local sarpanch accused residents of Pangri of intentionally disrupting the feeder line to siphon off electricity for agricultural use.
Concurrently, Pangri villagers blocked the highway from 10:30 am to 12:45 pm. They contended that the 33 kV sub-station in Pangri had been out of service since 11 am on September 13, depriving Pangri and surrounding villages of electricity during the ongoing Ganeshotsav festival. Pangri residents demanded swift criminal action against those responsible for the sabotage of the main 33 kV transmission line.
The confrontations resulted in hundreds of vehicles being stuck on the road before local authorities stepped in to restore traffic flow.
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