Life partially hit in Karnataka
21 Feb 2013 6:10 AM IST
Normal life was partially affected from dawn-to-dusk across Karnataka on Wednesday on the first day of the two-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions.
‘The strike call got an overwhelming response from over a million comrades across the state as their participation stalled banking transactions, halted industrial activity and brought transport operations to a standstill,’ S Prasannakumar, Karnataka secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, said.
Though the 12-hour shutdown was peaceful barring stray incidents of forcible closure of shops, eateries and retail fuel outlets and stoppage of state-run and private buses in Bangalore and other cities across the state by left-wing organisations and labour unions, fear of retaliation and loss of property made many commercial establishments and private offices remain shut for the day.
As a precautionary measure, schools and colleges declared holiday for two days as unions representing three-wheeler autos, private buses and mini/maxi cabs decided to stay off roads in support of the shutdown call against price rise and ‘anti-people’ policies.
In this tech hub, software majors such as Infosys and Wipro worked normally though the former declared a holiday to its development centre in Mysore.
‘The strike call got an overwhelming response from over a million comrades across the state as their participation stalled banking transactions, halted industrial activity and brought transport operations to a standstill,’ S Prasannakumar, Karnataka secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, said.
Though the 12-hour shutdown was peaceful barring stray incidents of forcible closure of shops, eateries and retail fuel outlets and stoppage of state-run and private buses in Bangalore and other cities across the state by left-wing organisations and labour unions, fear of retaliation and loss of property made many commercial establishments and private offices remain shut for the day.
As a precautionary measure, schools and colleges declared holiday for two days as unions representing three-wheeler autos, private buses and mini/maxi cabs decided to stay off roads in support of the shutdown call against price rise and ‘anti-people’ policies.
In this tech hub, software majors such as Infosys and Wipro worked normally though the former declared a holiday to its development centre in Mysore.
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