Hyderabad, Dec. 30: For the first time, Telangana bandh went off peacefully barring stray incidents. Agitators expressed their protest in a noble way instead of damaging public and private property.
The agitators played cricket, volleyball and other games on roads while raising pro-Telangana slogans Telangana in many districts such as Warangal, Khammam, Karimnagar and Adliabad. Women activists participated in "Batukamma' celebrations while organising lunch for all the agitators on highways.
The JAC's call for peaceful protest and heavy deployment of police prevented agitators from violence and attacks.
Shops and business establishments, educational institutes, petrol bunks, banks, government offices were closed because of the bandh. Passengers were put to hardship due to the cancellation of 8,000 buses and 165 trains in the T- region.
According to the police, around 900 persons were arrested as preventive measure. The DGP, Mr R.R. Girish Kumar, said there were road blockades in Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar. "Buses were not allowed to ply in order to avoid unnecessary damage," he said.
Around 434 agitators were arrested in the twin cities. JAC members and political leaders who took part in the protests were taken into preventive custody including the JAC chairman, Mr Kodandaram, TD MLAs Mr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Mr Devender Goud and the state BJP chief, Mr Bandaru Dattatreya. Additional DG (law and order) Mr A.K. Khan said there were no major violent incidents in the state.
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