Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi, Sept 27: Transportation remained hindered at few places of Jharkhand on Monday as supporters of the Bharat Bandh hindered streets and expressways. Some shops were closed in State capital Ranchi, while government workplaces and banks worked as usual.
The pan-India shutdown was organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) against the three farm laws passed by Parliament in September last year.
In Ramgarh area, protesters impeded the Ranchi-Patna Highway and Ramgarh-Bokaro Highway for sometime, upsetting traffic, Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar told PTI.
Coal production at different mines of the Central Coalfields Limited stayed typical, yet dispatch by means of the street was influenced due to bars, said Amresh Singh, general manager, Banka-Sayal region.
The development work of NTPC-JV super thermal power project in Ramgarh was unaffected, said Sabastin Joseph, General Manager (HR) of Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Limited.
The closure had a significant effect in the Chatra district with coal transportation at Tandwa and Piparwar getting affected. Bandh allies organized a gigantic exhibit outside the NTPC project in the region.
A few streets in the area were obstructed by the JMM, the CPI, the RJD and the Congress workers, leading to congestion on the expressways.
Markets stayed shut in Dumka, while bandh allies hindered streets in a few regions.
In Sahibganj, the majority of the business foundation stayed shut, while agitators obstructed the National Highway-80.
Palamu saw a partial effect of the 10-hour bandh.
No untoward incident happened in any part of the district, Palamu’s Superintendent of Police Chandan Kumar Sinha told PTI.
In Giridih, the JMM, the Congress, the RJD and the CPI(M) were seen compelling shops to down their shutters.
A few streets were obstructed in Godda, while bandh allies staged a demonstration at Kargil Chowk.
The closure had a minimal impact in Hazaribagh and Dhanbad.
Farmers have been protesting at different sites since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
Farmers have asserted that these laws will end the ‘mandi’ and the MSP acquisition frameworks and leave the farmers helpless before enormous corporations. The government has rejected these apprehensions as misplaced and asserted that these steps will help increase farmer income.
