Cuttack: Bharat Bandh call has hit places across Odisha. Passengers have been witnessed stranded at Cuttack’s Netaji Bus Terminal. Not only in Cuttack, passengers, customers, office goers and women as well as children are facing problems to attend their daily works due to the protest. The 12 hour Bandh call has disrupted life of citizens in many towns of Odisha.
In Bhubaneswar, among other places, the protestors have blocked the National Highway near Jaydev Vihar. As they are picketing and restraining people and vehicles to move ahead, long queues of vehicles are seen stranded on the flyover.
The effect of Bandh has also been witnessed at the famous Netaji Bus Terminal in Cuttack. Passengers who have arrived in the night buses are facing problems to go to their houses as buses connecting to their places have been stopped operating due to the protest. The number of buses entering the terminal is less since morning. Some passengers who came in night coaches are waiting to go to their destinations.
Balangir:
The roads have been closed in Balangir also due to the protest. All government and private institutions, schools and colleges, shops and vehicular traffic in the district have been disrupted by the protestors.