Twin bandhs hit normal life in Lower Assam and Barak Valley
Normal life was affected in Bodoland Territorial Administrative Districts (BTAD) oflower Assam and in Silchar in the wake of two bandhs separately called by different organisations.
By PTI |
GUWAHATI: Normal life was affected in Bodoland Territorial Administrative Districts (BTAD) oflower Assam and in Silchar in the wake of two bandhs separately called by different organisations on Saturday.
Markets, shops, offices, educational institutions and banks were closed in the bandh-affected areas and vehicles kept off the roads, official sources said.
Air services, however, were unaffected in Silchar while trains in both the BTAD area and Silchar plied normally, the sources said.
The Bodoland Peoples Progressive Front (BPPF) called the shutdown in BTAD areas to protest the attack on its member Debaraju Narzary at Malaguri under Gossaigaon police station on Thursday.
The BTAD districts include Kokrajhar, Baska, Udalguri and Chirang in lower Assam.
The Silchar bandh, supported by BJP, was called by an NGO Sohaoi and Bharat Juba Manch on the power crisis issue and slow progress of roads and drainage work in Silchar town of Cachar district.
The police took into custody several picketers from different parts of the town as a preventive measure but there was no report of any untoward incident.
Markets, shops, offices, educational institutions and banks were closed in the bandh-affected areas and vehicles kept off the roads, official sources said.
Air services, however, were unaffected in Silchar while trains in both the BTAD area and Silchar plied normally, the sources said.
The Bodoland Peoples Progressive Front (BPPF) called the shutdown in BTAD areas to protest the attack on its member Debaraju Narzary at Malaguri under Gossaigaon police station on Thursday.
The BTAD districts include Kokrajhar, Baska, Udalguri and Chirang in lower Assam.
The Silchar bandh, supported by BJP, was called by an NGO Sohaoi and Bharat Juba Manch on the power crisis issue and slow progress of roads and drainage work in Silchar town of Cachar district.
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The police took into custody several picketers from different parts of the town as a preventive measure but there was no report of any untoward incident.
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