IMPHAL, Oct 15 (NNN): The 18-hour Manipur bandh call given by the militant organization CorCom evoked near total response Monday with normal life particularly in the four valley districts badly affected by the strike, but it ended peacefully.
CorCorm (Coordination Committee), a joint organization of seven major militant outfits including the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF/PLA), Kanglei Yaon Kanna Lup (KYKL), People’s Revolutionary Party of Kanleipak (PREPAK), PREPAK (PRO), United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK) and Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), observes October 15 as “Black Day” every year to protest against the Indian Government for what they say forced or coerced merger of Manipur into the Indian Union on October 15, 1949.
All the shops and markets in the four valley districts downed shutters. Passenger transport services including inter-district bus service were off the roads due to the bandh that began last midnight and continued till 6 pm.
Nonetheless, the flight service in the capital Imphal was not affected by the bandh. Normal flight service was operated as normal.
Both Government and private establishments remained closed for the day. All the schools and colleges of both private and Government were also shut down due to the general strike. However, a few two wheelers were seen moving on some roads.
No untoward incident was reported during the course of the strike and it was by and large peaceful.