Medicos' Berhampur Bandh hits normal life
Berhampur, Jun 1 (UNI) The dawn-to-dusk Berhampur bandh called by agitating medicos in the MKCG Medical College and Hospital here in protest against OBC reservation evoked good response today.
All business establishments and shops, including medicine shops, were closed while buses, both private and government run Orissa State Road Transport Corporation, were off the road.
Train services were severely affected as the striking medicos squatted on the tracks, forcing the railways to detain various long distance trains at different stations.
The agitating medicos burnt tyres at Gopalpur square on National Highway 5 and resorted to 'rasta roko' agitation. As a result, thousands of trucks were stranded on the National Highway since this morning.
East Coast Railway(ECoR) sources, however, said train services resumed after 1200 hrs.
MKCG Medical College House Surgeons Association President Dr Ashis Shukla claimed that nearly 15 Associations, including Chamber of Commerce, Private Bus Operators Association, Bar Association and Chemist and Druggist Association, had extended their support to the medicos' bandh.
The police has made elaborate security arrangements. No untoward incident has been reported so far from the town, police said.
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