Kurigram, June 23 -- Local residents staged a demonstration by blocking the road in the Ulipur upazila headquarters of Kurigram on Tuesday, demanding the speedy implementation of a bypass road project aimed at easing chronic traffic congestion.

Several hundred people took to the main streets to press for the demand for completing the work on the proposed bypass road from Ulipur Helipad to Amin Mor, which remained suspended due to various reason.

They also formed a human chain on the road.

Vehicular movement came to a standstill, suspending road communication between Kurigram and the neighbouring areas of Chilmari and Gaibandha following the protest.

Speakers at the human chain said the number of vehicles in Ulipur has increased sharpl...