Kolkata, Oct 09: 0ver 1,500 people were arrested from different parts of West Bengal for trying to enforce the 12-hour statewide bandh called by Trinamool Congress which affected normal life.
Although government buses and trams ran, roads wore an empty look as the number of private buses, mini buses and taxis was much less.
Train services at Howrah station, disrupted for some time due to squatting by bandh supporters, resumed but in the Sealdah main section was disrupted till noon.
Train services in the Sealdah south section was normal, Eastern Railway sources here said.
Underground Railway services in the city was normal, Metro Railway control said.
IT minister Debesh Das said that the bandh did not hit work at the IT hub at Salt Lake sector-V. Attendance was almost normal in the IT establishments.
IGP (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia said that over 1,500 bandh supporters were arrested for blocking road and rail traffic in the state.
The bandh has been called to protest 'police excesses' on TC supremo Mamata Banerjee during an agitation at Singur on September 25 against farm land acquisition for the Tata Motors small car project.
The TC-sponsored bandh united the entire opposition in the state with Congress and BJP and Samajwadi party extending support.
Bureau Report
