Ranchi / Palamu: Bandh throughout the day called by CPI (Maois) in four countries on Sunday to protest the murder of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri at Uttar Pradesh on October 3, I arouse a mixed response in Jharkhand with the most affected rural areas.
Inspector General (operation) and police spokesman Jharkhand Amol Homkar said bandh peace in the state.
“Security has been upgraded on vital installations, including national highways, state highways and government projects.
Police forces conducted operations throughout the day,” he said.
Bandh affects bus services in Ranchi with only around 40% of public transport vehicles plying on the road.
The President of the President of the Ranchi Bus Owner, President Kishore Mantri said, “Our bus is not ply from Simdega to Chaibasa.
However, some bus owners operate their vehicles to Hazaribag and Jamshedpur.
Most of the owners decided not to operate their vehicles for fear of extremists.” Bandh does not have an impact on train services in the Ranchi area.
Railway protection officer (RPF) said the train service was fine but the security was tight.
In rural areas, markets and other commercial companies are closed.
In urban areas and semi-urban khunti, shops are closed.
A similar situation was witnessed in the Bundu area in the Ranchi district.
The movement of vehicles is significantly less than usual in the SIMDEGA district.
In Gumla, some shops are closed due to Sunday.
Betla National Park on Palamu remained closed for several hours and many visitors were stranded, but officials clarified that it was not because of bandh.
Deputy Director (North Division) Park, Kumar Ashish, said, “It is only a coincidence that the park was made inaccessible to visitors for several hours in the morning.
Some work ongoing and misinterpreted that the park was closed because of bandh.” Meanwhile, a spokesman Maois Manas claimed that the bandh was very successful and people from various layers of society confirmed it.
He said small and medium traders, vehicle owners and intellectuals played a role that should be praised in ensuring the success of Bandh.
He added that the anger emerged from the Lakhimpur Kheri incident could not end with one bandh.