Four-hour bandh runs successfully

Bhubaneswar (Visakeo): "Protesting on the attack on Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati,in Kandhamal, the four hour bandh called by VHP(Orissa) was successful," claimed the state general secretary of VHP, Sri Gouri Prasad Rath. The twin city got severely affected due to the bandh. According to the information some of the passenger and express trains were canceled and some were delayed due to the demonstration of the supporter. The railway traffic got effected in Khurdha and Puri junction as the supporter protested in the mid of the railway track. Both the passenger and express trains halted in the stations for a long time. The bandh, continued for four hours, halted the city life of the capital. The bandh was implemented by the supporters in the Khandagiri chowk, SaptaSati Mandir, Rasulgarh, Buddheswari chowk, Palasuni, Samantarapur, Railway station, Master canteen square and Vanibihar. The vehicular traffic system came into the affect of the strike. Police nabbed some of the supporters imposing strike in the Ram Mandir square Master Canteen square and Vanivihar. In different major locations of the capital, Gopal Prasad Mohapatra, Saroj Kumar Kara, Simanchala Khatua, Ravinarayan Panda, Kamalesh Das, Rabi Pattnaik, Umakanta Acharya, Sarada Prasad Acharya, Raghunath Pati, Rati Kanta Das, Sangeeta Das, Srimantini Jena led the bandh. Different locations of the state were also affected by the bandh. The bandh supporter in Kendrapara managed to close the market in Duhuria Square, Tinimuhani, Barua, Phatamundai, Marshaghai, Shyamsundar, Pura, Ali, Rajnagar, Chaudakulata, Rajkanika, Baspur, Garadapur, Patakura, Silipur, Karilopatna, Chata and Oladi. The halt affected people of these localities in the vehicular activity. The VHP activists of Kendrapara managed to make the bandh peaceful. In Komna and Khariar the bandh supporters blocked the 217no. National highway. The railway communication in Jaleswar to Chandaneswar got the flow of the four-hour strike. In Raygada the bandh was successfully lodged by the VHP supporters. In Karanjia the flow of the bandh was in the apex as the vehicular activity got affected. Similarly in Jashipur, Devgarh and Raygada the bandh was in flow.