Maratha bandh: Schools, commercial units to remain shut in
Schools and
colleges as well as plants of several companies will remain shut in
Maharashtra's Pune district in view of the bandh called by the Maratha
organisations over their reservation demand.
General News:
Schools and
colleges as well as plants of several companies will remain shut in
Maharashtra's Pune district in view of the bandh called by the Maratha
organizations over their reservation demand.
Collector
Naval Kishore Ram in an order issued here said there will be road blockades and
processions tomorrow and the possibility of stone-pelting on vehicles and arson
cannot be ruled out.
Therefore,
schools and colleges have been asked to remain closed tomorrow and an advisory
has been issued in this connection, the order said.
"Even
if there is no untoward incident during the protest, roads might be blocked and
we don't want students to be inconvenienced and parents to be anxious unnecessarily,"
the collector told PTI.
A
release issued by the collectorate said during the violence on July 30 in
Chakan area, 70 to 80 vehicles were torched and damaged.
"Two
school buses were also torched in the violence and lives of students were
endangered," it said.
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