MARDAN, Aug 11: Following the torrential rains and flash flood across the country, people continued their protest against failure of the government to provide relief facility to them.

Protesters blocked road in Mardan and chanted slogans against local, provincial and federal governments.

Sources said that people of Bari Chum, Sultanabad, Zamanabad and other union councils gathered and blocked the road over the apathy of government.

Protesters staged a sit-in in front of the office of Nazim Hamayatullah, and demanded compensation for the flood victims.

They said that the government should take precautionary measures against the outbreak of epidemic diseases.—Online