Farmers’ stir hits normal life

Normal life was affected in Sambalpur district Friday due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by farmers demanding speedy procurement of paddy.

- PNN & AGENCIES

The bandh, called by ‘Sambalpur Zilla Krushak Surakhya Sangathan’, the apex body of farmers in the district, passed off peacefully as no untoward incident was reported, police said.

Groups of farmers visited different government offices with folded hands and sought the support of officials.

“People at large and the officials in particular have been very cooperative and supportive of our cause,” Prafulla Swain, an agitating farmer, claimed.

Government and private offices, banks and financial institutions, shops, markets, malls and showrooms remained closed due to the bandh.

The farmers were also seen picketing peacefully at several locations across the city.