India, Sept. 22 -- School students staged a rasta-roko on Tuesday, demanding that local MLA Dr P Harish Babu take immediate action to repair a road damaged by rains and remove trees and bushes obstructing the stretch between Lodpalli and Penchikalpet.

Students from both government and private schools voiced their anger over what they described as the legislator's inaction. They said the badly damaged, pothole-ridden road was causing them considerable inconvenience, while overgrown trees and bushes had further blocked the stretch. The students raised slogans such as "MLA down down. He must come here," and demanded that the problem be resolved without delay.

The students, who travel to school in auto-rickshaws every day, said they had bee...