The passenger trains in Agartala-Dharmanagar-Agartala route were cancelled. Banks and financial organizations were closed; attendances in government offices and Civil Secretariats were virtually nil. All the educational institutions remained closed even as Tripura central University examinations were cancelled.
"India-Bangladesh trade was also badly hit as hundreds of trucks were stranded on the other sides of the Akhaura check post near here due to the shutdown," a customs official here said.
There was no report of any untoward incident in any part of the state. All necessary arrangements were made to maintain law and order. Several companies of para military forces and riot controlling vehicles were also positioned all over the state including capital city of Agartala.
However, air services on the Agartala-Kolkata, Agartala-Guwahati and Agartala-New Delhi routes have been partially disrupted due to strike. Passengers flying to Kolkata and other destinations from Agartala faced serious problems as no vehicle was available for them. Massive security arrangements were made at every nook and corner of the capital and its outskirts areas.
The Left parties are also observing a ‘protest day’ across the nation to protest hike in petrol prices.
Opposition Congress opposed the Bandh. BJP and its allies in NDA also called a nation-wide strike on Thursday in protest of hike of petrol price.
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