Puducherry: Bandh affects normal lifeÂ
Puducherry/UNI: Normal life was affected here following a 12 hour bandh called by the trade unions ,which evoked a near total response on Wednesday.
All shops and other business establishments remained closed as well as public means of transport remained off the road while, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation owned buses were passing through Puducherry with police escorts.
Government offices both central and state registered less attendance, several industrial units remained closed, while several school declared a holiday for the day while, engineering colleges and Pondicherry university was functioning with less attendance.
Cinema houses here suspended morning and noon shows and petrol bunks remained closed.
Police made elaborate arrangements to maintain law and order during the day and as many as 700 police personnel were deployed for security duty.
The All India General Strike called by the trade unions to protest the economic policy of the BJP government at the Centre and its 'anti-labourers' attitude was being observed as a bandh.
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