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LUCKNOW: UPA chief Sonia Gandhi's dream project , the Rail Coach Factory, in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli has hit a road block as local farmers are protesting against it. Staging a demonstration at its main gate, the farmers are demanding the jobs they were promised when their land was acquired by the state government. On Monday in fact, some of them even locked it for a while.Locals say that the anger of the villagers in Lalganj, where the factory is located, has been brewing for many months. It however burst on Monday, when at least 100 farmers blocked the road leading to the factory and locked its gate. The lock was removed a few hours later after a meeting with officers of the local administration, but the dharna continued into Tuesday. The farmers say the protest will continue till their demands are met.