The hartal called by the Bharatiya Janata Party was near-total in the district.
It paralysed normal life as public vehicles kept off the road. However, private vehicles were seen. Shops and other business establishments remained closed.
Hartal supporters blocked the screening of Mohanlal-starrer Odiyan at Carnival theatre Kodungallur.
Anil Akkara, MLA, held a novel way of protest by walking from the railway station to his house at Puranattukara. He was returning after the Assembly section.
Kerala Agricultural University has rescheduled the interview and proficiency tests for the post of Assistant Professor scheduled for December14 to December 15 and the interview scheduled on December 15 to December 16.
Normal life hit
Normal life in Wayanad district was affected by the Statewide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Friday.
Attendance was low at government offices and financial institutions. Educational institutions, business establishments, and shops, except medical shops, remained closed.
No untoward incidents were reported from any parts of the district, the police said. While private buses and four-wheelers, including taxis, stayed off the roads, Kerala State Transport Corporation operated a service to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu from its Sulthan Bathery depot in the morning with the help of a police convoy, sources said.
A long queue of vehicles, including the vehicles of Sabarimala pilgrims, was seen at the Madhur and Muthanga check-posts on the border of Kerala and Karnataka. Hartal supporters took out protest marches in various parts of the district.
