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Partial response to
bandh call in Delhi

The bandh call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Shiv Sena to protest against the terrorist attack on the Swaminarayan temple in Gandhinagar has evoked a partial response in the national capital.

While Connaught Place, in the heart of the city, is observing a complete bandh, there's a mixed response in another major market Karol Bagh.

The furniture market on Panchkuiyan Road is observing a complete bandh. "We are observing a bandh for two reasons - our emotional response to the killing and, secondly, we deal in furniture which involves handling highly inflammable material."

"In the event of any violence, we will end up as the losers. So, it's better to keep the shutters down," Charan Gupta, who owns a furniture shop, told rediff.com.

Most of the markets in south and west Delhi are functioning normally.

Almost all the schools in the capital are open but attendance is very thin. The Delhi University's north campus, hub of student activities in the capital, is peaceful and students attended classes as usual.

Delhi Transport Corporation/private buses and the other transport vehicles are plying but the traffic is comparatively thinner than on normal days.

Attendance in government and private offices was affected as some employees were unwilling to take any chances.

A VHP spokesman claimed that the bandh in the capital was complete and peaceful.

In neighbouring Ghaziabad, schools and offices are functioning as usual.

"Barring one or two schools, which have declared a holiday, most are functioning as usual," said a scribe who had dropped off his daughter in her school.

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