Agra, May 2 -- Hundreds of villagers in the Akola area of rural Agra dismantled the smart meters and dumped them at an electricity department sub station, as a mark of protest, on Friday. Similar protests were lodged in districts of Aligarh, Firozabad, Hathras on Saturday.

Protestors threw these smart meters, damaging many of them as the pile of these discarded meters grew.

Rajveer Lawania, the district president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union also joined the protests at the sub station, which continued for three hours, with the protestors demanding that old meters are allowed to continue.

Rashtriya Lok Dal (a constituent of National Democratic Alliance) has also voiced opposition to smart meters.

Kaptan Singh Chahar, the state vice-pres...