Normal life affected by bandh in Assam

STAFF WRITER 14:4 HRS IST

Guwahati, July 5 (PTI) Senior BJP and CPI(M) leaders were today arrested for blocking rail and road traffic in Assam where train services were badly hit due to protests as part of the Bharat Bandh.

Markets, shops, private offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed, while attendance in government offices and secretariat here was thin, official sources said.

All privately-operated long distance and city buses kept off the roads, while the state-run Assam State Transport Corporation plied with very few passengers.

Trains were either rescheduled, controlled or regulated in view of the bandh, North-east Frontier Railway sources said.

Bandh supporters blocked train tracks and stalled Guwahati-Delhi Rajdhani Express for five hours at Rangiya railway station. Manas Express, Rhino Passenger and Rangapara Passenger were also stalled, the sources said.