bhubaneswar people of sikharchandi area in the city on sunday staged road blockade by placing body of a man who allegedly died of consuming liquor from a local shop they demanded closure of wine shops in their area and compensation to the deceaseds familythe locals blocked the nandankanan road near the entry point of sikharchandi nagar by placing body of one n simadri of cluster 1 of the sikharchandi slum the road blockade started at around 945 am and continued till 1130 am a large number of vehicles were stranded for around two hours on the kiit squarenandankanan roadthe agitators said the man died of consuming liquor we have been demanding closure of liquor shops in our area but government is not paying heed to our repeated requests and todays death is an outcome of liquor consumption so government is responsible for the death said bishnu prasad patran kamala mother of the deceased said her son has been consuming liquor for the last three years he didnt listen to anybody and continued his bad habit he died late on saturday night after taking wine from a local shop he was the bread winner of my family how can i feed his two kids and wife she addeda local leader said they had requested the police to close the liquor shops last month but they didnt take any steps in this regard we have passed a resolution to stop liquor selling in our area he addedinfocity police station inspector manoj samanta said the police pacified the agitators and cleared the road for smooth movement of traffic some local people sell liquor without valid licences we will help the local people in closing these unlicensed shops he added