MANSEHRA, June 19: Hundreds of students belonging to the quake-affected areas of Jabori held a demonstration and blocked the main road on Tuesday against the delay in the reconstruction of their damaged schools.

They alleged that officials of the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) and the non-governmental organisations were in the quake-hit areas only to plunder funds as they were doing nothing for the rehabilitation of quake survivors. The students of local primary, middle and high schools blocked the Jabori road for more than three hours.

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