The Hindu Business Line : Bandh paralyses normal life in Western Orissa

BHUBANESWAR: Normal life was paralysed in western Orissa on Monday and train and bus services hit due to a Congress-sponsored bandh to protest the death of two students at Balangir.

Shops and business establishments were closed besides educational institutions and offices. Functioning of courts was also affected as lawyers boycotted work in support of the shut-down in nine districts in the region called by state Congress student wi ng. BJP also backed the bandh in several places including Sambalpur. The bandh was called in protest against the death of two students.

While one died after being knocked down by a police van on Friday at Balangir, another was killed in subsequent violence and police action. With bandh supporters blocking railway tracks at various places three trains were cancelled in Sambalpur and aroun d five others stranded at Brajrajnagar, Jharsuguda and Bargarh, railway sources said.

A large number of vehicles were also stranded due to blockade of NH-42, NH-6 and other important roads. Road traffic virtually came to a halt in most places of districts like Balangir, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sonepur, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Nuapada and Kalahandi. - PTI

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