Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Commuters suffer immense difficulties in Kalahandi

The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2009
PNS | Bhawanipatna

In wake of western Odisha bandh call on Monday, by the Student Congress all schools remained closed on the directions of Kalahandi district administration. The students of Government Autonomous College locked the college since morning and blocked the road.

The district Student Congress led by president Trilochan Panigrahi, burnt tyres at College Chowk and blocked roads at several places in the town where four wheelers, trucks were stranded for hours. The commuters suffered immense difficulties due to the bandh.

The bandh was also supported by BJP activists who blocked the main road at Ghodaghat Chowk and burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik blaming him for the students’ death at Balangir town.

Business establishments remained closed from 10 am to the evening hours to support the bandh call. Private and Government buses went off the roads.

Speaking to The Pioneer, Kalahandi Superintendent of Police Harmohan Das said that seven students were arrested under section 149 at Bhawanipatna town. The bandh was peaceful with no reports of any untoward incident in the district so far amid heavy deployment of police forces.

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