Punjab farmers block traffic in Hoshiarpur over power cuts

HOSHIARPUR: Farmers on Wednesday blocked traffic at two places in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur to protest the irregular electricity supply for domestic and agriculture consumers in their areas.

Protesters under the banner of Azad Kisan Committee, Doaba, led by their leader Harpal Singh Sangha, staged a ‘dharna’ and blocked vehicular traffic for over one-and-a-half hours at Phuglana on the Hoshiarpur-Phagwara road.