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UWAHATI/SILCHAR: The 12-hour dawn-to-dusk state bandh called by the Assam Sikshak Karmachari Aikamanch, a forum for teachers and employees of
17,000 odd non-provincialized schools and junior collages, evoked partial response on Wednesday.
The strike was called to press for provincialization of schools and junior colleges. The bandh, however, remained peaceful but about 2000 picketers of the forum were detained by police in various districts of the state.
In some districts, vehicles were off the roads but shops, business establishments, government offices and educational institutions were open. However, attendance was thin in all the places.
At Mayong in Morigaon district, the picketers of the forum also gheraod state education minister Goutam Bora seeking fulfillment of the demands of the forum.
Joint secretary of the forum, Diganta Kumar Sarma, said, "The bandh was almost total in all the districts of the state, particularly in the Upper Assam districts. About 2000 of our picketers were detained by police during the bandh hors. Almost all of them were released, excluding 3 in Nalbari and two teachers in Dhubri.
UWAHATI/SILCHAR: The 12-hour dawn-to-dusk state bandh called by the Assam Sikshak Karmachari Aikamanch, a forum for teachers and employees of
17,000 odd non-provincialized schools and junior collages, evoked partial response on Wednesday.
The strike was called to press for provincialization of schools and junior colleges. The bandh, however, remained peaceful but about 2000 picketers of the forum were detained by police in various districts of the state.
In some districts, vehicles were off the roads but shops, business establishments, government offices and educational institutions were open. However, attendance was thin in all the places.
At Mayong in Morigaon district, the picketers of the forum also gheraod state education minister Goutam Bora seeking fulfillment of the demands of the forum.
Joint secretary of the forum, Diganta Kumar Sarma, said, "The bandh was almost total in all the districts of the state, particularly in the Upper Assam districts. About 2000 of our picketers were detained by police during the bandh hors. Almost all of them were released, excluding 3 in Nalbari and two teachers in Dhubri.
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