Bhubaneswar: The normal life is partly affected in the state on Thursday because the six-hour bandh called by the left parties protested the increase in fuel costs, cooking gas and essential commodities in this country.
Peace bandh.
The left party includes the liberation of CPI, CPM, CPI (ML) and all blocks in the future India observes bandh across the state.
Congress, Aam Aadmi and the Samajwadi Party extended support for Statwide stirring from 6am and continued until noon.
The protesters blocked the road in several places.
They held a demonstration at the Master of Canteen Square, Bhubaneswar Train Station, National Highway-16 in Jaydev Vihar, Aiginia Chowk and Patia and conducted a procession starting from Tower Canteen Square and ended in lower PMG.
The police issued protesters from certain places.
Railroad official sources say that train services are not affected during bandh while bus services have been limited in the city because of Covid-19 guidelines.
Gas stations, shops and business companies lowered the leaves of windows in several places until noon.
Similar scenes were witnessed in cities such as mixed, cuttack, puri, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Balasore, and other places.
Apart from bandh, motorbikes and four-wheeled looks plying on the road in several places.
Emergency services are removed from Bandh.
CPM Secretary of CPM Ali Kishore Patnaik said the increase in fuel prices not only affected two-wheel owners and four, he also affected the cost of transportation of essential commodities, agricultural products and other items.
“Petroleum products must be taken under the fold of GST and customs collections must be stopped,” said Patnik.
Ramakrushna Panda, member of the National Executive Board, CPI, said the cost of agricultural input increased due to the increase in fuel prices.
“During the UPA-II, the price of gasoline is around Rs 70-75 per liter when the price of crude oil barrels is US $ 100 in the international market.
Now the barrel of crude oil costs around US $ 75, but we pay Rs 102 / liter for gasoline.
The government must Stop this madness, “Panda said.
Gasoline prices are Rs 102.42 / Liter in Bhubaneswar on Thursday while Diesel sells for Rs 98.01 / liter.