TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Bus services were affected in Mumbai and neighbouring areas on Monday and most of the shops and commercial establishments remained closed in the wake of the bandh called across Maharashtra. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is protestesting the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.
As buses of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST- the transport undertaking of the city civic body) and many of the traditional ‘black-yellow cabs’ remained off roads, there were huge crowds on suburban railway stations to commute by local trains, which were running as per schedule.
The BEST said eight of its buses were vandalised in different areas of Mumbai between midnight and 8 am today and has now sought police protection. The wholesale APMC market remained closed in Pune in support of the bandh. “The traders of the market had decided to observe the bandh and informed the farmers in advance,” says market administrator Madhukant Garad.
The three ruling allies – Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, have appealed to people to wholeheartedly support the bandh, which began at midnight, to express their solidarity with farmers. In the morning, shops and other commercial establishments, barring those engaged in selling essential items, remained closed in Mumbai.
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