Ranchi: The Daylong Jharkhand bandh called by various student organisations in the state to protest against ‘the 60:40’ recruitment policy evoked mixed responses in the state. School buses were not noticed on the road as the school management had planned closure or online classes in the wake of the bandh.
As school buses remained off the road, the traffic load on the city road drastically reduced. Apart from the school buses, limited movement of buses from one district to other districts was observed. Supply of vegetables from remote villages remained affected though the vegetable market was seen.
At the Morabadi ground in Jharkhand, capital students were noticed forcing the vendors not to carry out their business in the weekly market. As the information reached the police control room Dy SP (city) Deepak Kumar chased them away. Long queues of vehicles were noticed on NH-33 as students disrupted vehicular movement by burning tyres near Kothar over-bridge and Tire Mod over bridge at Ramgarh.
People preferred avoiding their journey. In the capital, SSP Kishore Kaushal himself was noticed monitoring the situation. As many as 5000 security personnel were deputed at strategic locations. Till 1 pm as many as 30 bandh supporters trying to enforce bandh forcibly were detained.
Reports from other districts of the state said that students had burnt tyres on the roads to disturb vehicular movement. They also indulged in slogan shouting in support of their demands.
The bandh was pre-planned. Before observing the bandh students had attempted to lay siege to the Chief Ministers’ official residence on Kanke Road on Monday and then took out a torchlight procession on Tuesday in support of their demands.