Train and bus services were affected at several places in Bihar on Monday during a 24-hour Bihar bandh called by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The bandh was called to protest the police action against AVBP members who were staging a protest against poor educational standards here on March 26.
Hundreds of ABVP workers halted trains at the Gaya, Jehanabad, Ara, Barh, Mokama, Darbhanga and Patna stations and blocked highways in Jehanabad, Arwal Aurangabad, Nalanda and Buxar districts. Many passengers were left stranded.
However, in Patna, business establishments and educational institutions worked and traffic was normal.
“At some places, train services were disrupted for some time,” said Arvind Kumar Rajak, Chief Public Relations Officer, East Central Railway.
The protesting students marched through Ashok Rajpath, a main road in Patna, and the Gandhi Maidan area, forcing closure of shops, damaging some private vehicles and auto-rickshaws near the Dak Bungalow thoroughfare.
“The police were put on alert across the State and additional forces deployed to maintain law and order,” Bihar police chief P.K. Thakur said.
