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The Bharat Bandh PASSES OFF PEACEFULLY

Posted on: 06/Jul/2010 9:48:44 AM

The Bharath Bandh, called by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance and the Left parties to protest the hike in petroleum prices, passed off peacefully in the State with some disruption in normal life in some places.

Bus transport run by the State-transport corporations and private operators plied as usual within the State, inter-State vehicles bound for Kerala and Karnataka were halted at the border. Five flights were cancelled at the Chennai airport. A senior officer said the number of passengers who booked by various airlines was less. Industrial operations in Coimbatore, regarded as a major textile city, remained largely unaffected. According to Chief Secretary K.S. Sripathi, 99 per cent of the staff reported to work at the Secretariat. Offices of the State and Central governments and banks in other parts of the State functioned as normal. Director General of Police Letika Saran stated that 2,200 persons in some districts, including Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur and Kanyakumari, who attempted to block the movement of trains and vehicles on roads, were taken into custody and later let off.

Among them were 11 Members of Legislative Assembly.