NOIDA, Feb. 27 -- Residents of the Hindon floodplains staged a protest on Thursday after the police allegedly stopped them from taking out a foot march to the district magistrate's office in Sector 27 for demanding regular electricity supply.

The locals had assembled near the Sector 16 power house. However, on being prevented to move ahead, the protesters raised slogans outside the chief engineer's office and later submitted a memorandum to the city magistrate.

The protesters said nearly 100,000 people reside in settlements along the Hindon floodplains in Noida and Greater Noida, many of whom remain without formal electricity connections.

Vijay Kumar, a resident said that he purchased a 60-square-metre plot years ago for around Rs.7 la...