ASSAM TIMES POST
Guwahat : Normal life was hit in Assam due to a nationwide strike called by trade unions on Wednesday, said official sources. No untoward incident has been reported so far.
Shops and markets kept their shutters down though pharmacies were open, while educational institutions, particularly schools remained closed, the sources said.
The scheduled examinations in colleges and higher educational institutions were conducted normally. Public transport local and long distance vehicles kept off the roads in response to the strike call by trade unions against the government’s “anti-people” policies.
Though most private offices remained close, Assam Government offices remained opened with the employees attending to their work.
The government had given an order yesterday to the Divisional Commissioners and district Deputy Commissioners to ensure normal functioning of all government offices and services during the strike call period resorting to pay cut and other action.
In the capital city Guwahati trade union organizations were seen peacefully demonstrating for some time in front of the Kamrup (Metro) district Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Most banks remained close across the state though some were open with thin attendance of staff and customers.
Trade union organizations demonstrated in front of the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in upper Assam, it functioned as usual along with Guwahati, Bongaigaon, and Digboi refineries.
Oil drilling activities of ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL) were also reported to have carried on normally.
Petrol and diesel filling stations were close with customers having to return with out getting oil for their vehicles, the sources added. Meanwhile, patrolling by police and para military forces was intensified in the vital installations to prevent untoward incidents.
