Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed in Kuarmunda area in the steel city of Rourkeka as workers of the Adhunik Metaliks Steel Limited staged a road blockade, demanding early release of salary which has not been paid by the company for months.

According to the reports, hundreds of workers with support of the Kuanrmunda Nagarik Manch have now blocked the National Highway 143 for which vehicular movements from Rourkela to Jharkhand have been disrupted.

Police have reached the spot and are trying to placate the situation.