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Kolkata:
A 12-hour nation-wide bandh called by 13 non-NDA and non-UPA parties
today to protest against price rise hit normal life and affected air
and rail services especially in Left-ruled states of West Bengal and
Kerala.
The 'Bharat Bandh' which began at 6 am also had some impact in
Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Sporadic protests marked the hartal
elsewhere in the country including in the Capital.
Streets in West Bengal and Kerala where educational institutions
were also closed wore a deserted look.
Besides the four Left parties, the 13-party grouping which gave the
call for the bandh consists of AIADMK, BJD, SP, RJD, TDP, RLD, LJP,
JD-S and INLD. The grouping is pressing for a roll-back in the hike
in prices of petrol, diesel and fertiliser.
Rail services were disrupted in many parts of Uttar Pradesh and
three buses torched in Lucknow. SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's son
and MP Akhilesh Yadav was detained in Lucknow while leading
protestors.
"A total bandh has been implemented in Bihar. All services are
disrupted," claimed RJD chief Lalu Yadav.
CPI-M leader Brinda Karat claimed the bandh is 'very successful' in
large parts of the country while Mulayam warned of anarchy by people
if price rise is not checked.
Two train passengers were injured as a clash broke out between
travellers in Ganga Sagar Express and bandh supporters at Pandua
station in Hoogly district.
In West Bengal road and rail services and flight operations were
badly affected and shutters in commercial areas were down. Hundreds
of passengers were stranded at railway stations and airports for
want of transport.
Airport sources in Kolkata said only ten out of 25 domestic and
international flights took off this morning. They included flights
of Air-India, Jet Airways and Jetlite.
An Eastern Railway spokesperson said that due obstructions put up by
bandh supporters at several stations, train services were disrupted
at Howrah and Sealdah division. Long-distance trains were stranded
at various stations as bandh supporters sat on the railway tracks.
Reports from Kerala said the protesters picketed trains in different
stations.
Both private and state run bus services, taxis, autorickshaws and
commercial vehicles are also keeping off the roads. However, no
violence was reported, police said.
Vehicular movement was affected across BJD-ruled Orissa as bandh
supporters blocked national highways, state highways and other
roads, putting a halt to plying of passenger buses, trucks, taxis
and auto-rickshaws, police sources said.
Rail services were also affected as trains were stopped at different
stations for a brief period, they said.
Normal life in several parts of Jharkhand was affected due to the
bandh and the 48-hour shutdown by the CPI(Maoist).
The bandh supporters squatted on railway tracks in Jamshedpur,
Jamtara, Giridih and Koderma as the railway authorities cancelled
half-a-dozen passenger trains in Jamshedpur.
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