Bandh leaves no impact on RSP

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Rourkela: The Congress-sponsored state-wide bandh protesting against the police highhandedness on party workers during the September 6 rally in Bhubaneswar yesterday evoked a wide and positive response in the Steel City with business establishments, some educational institutions remaining closed.

Normal life was paralysed as the bandh affected vehicular movements while commercial establishments downed their shutters in response to the bandh call.

Thousands of vehicles engaged in transport virtually came to a screeching halt in many parts of the district as buses, trucks and auto-rickshaws remained off the roads. However, train services were normal while banks, business centres, other financial institutions and petrol pumps remained closed.

At several places, party workers blocked the roads by burning tyres and effigies of ruling party leaders.

The bandh was by and large peaceful even as hundreds of Congress workers were taken into preventive custody while picketing outside government offices and other places. There was no report of any untoward incident. In the Sector-19 area, two supporters were taken into preventive custody following a clash and a case has been registered against those involved, said Additional SP Sudarsan Sethi.

There were elaborate security arrangements in Rourkela with IG (WR) Jashwant Jethwa, SP Rourkela, Himanshu Lal and other senior police officials monitoring law and order situation.

Police sources said as many as 190 male and 36 female Congress workers were detained at different places during the bandh. They were released today, informed a police official.

Congress leader Nihar Ray claimed the bandh was peaceful and a complete success.

Bandh, however, did not impact the work in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). “It functioned normally but workers of first-shift were provided meals inside its premises,” sources said.

BJD leader Minati Biswal, however, said that the Congress has failed to leave any impact on the RSP functioning during the bandh yesterday.  Biswal accused the Congressmen of unleashing ‘goondaraaj’ during the Bhubaneswar rally. The BJD leader demanded stringent action against the Congress workers involved in the assault on the lady police during the rally in Bhubaneswar on September 6.      

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