• Bandh from 5am Jan 24 to 5am Jan 28
• Commuters will be provided police escort
All Manipur and Nagaland bound vehicles including private, passenger and goods transportation will be affected for four days starting January 24 following the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council total bandh called by Karbi Peoples’ Liberation Tigers (KPLT), an armed outfit operating in Karbi Anglong, Assam. According to the Karbi organisation, the bandh, called to boycott Republic Day celebrations, will be in effect for 96 hours beginning from 5am on January 24 to 5am on January 28. KPLT has said the Republic Day should be viewed as a ‘black day’. The announcement has come even as the Journalists Forum of Assam asked people in the region to defy the ‘diktats’ of various militant organisations to boycott Republic Day. Following the announcement, transporters are making a hasty move to reach their destinations before the bandh comes into effect.
• Commuters will be provided police escort
All Manipur and Nagaland bound vehicles including private, passenger and goods transportation will be affected for four days starting January 24 following the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council total bandh called by Karbi Peoples’ Liberation Tigers (KPLT), an armed outfit operating in Karbi Anglong, Assam. According to the Karbi organisation, the bandh, called to boycott Republic Day celebrations, will be in effect for 96 hours beginning from 5am on January 24 to 5am on January 28. KPLT has said the Republic Day should be viewed as a ‘black day’. The announcement has come even as the Journalists Forum of Assam asked people in the region to defy the ‘diktats’ of various militant organisations to boycott Republic Day. Following the announcement, transporters are making a hasty move to reach their destinations before the bandh comes into effect.
It has been informed, however, that armed police escort will be provided for vehicles in convoy plying NH 29 and 36 till the bandh concludes. The Additional Superintendent of Police, Karbi Anglong, Bolin Deori on Thursday evening said that for vehicles taking NH 29, police escort will be provided, starting from Khatkhati till the border with Golaghat district. For vehicles plying NH 36, police will escort vehicles in convoy from Dillai Sunday Bazaar till the district border with Nagaon. Stating that the Assam Police will remain alert, the ASP said that security personnel have already started conducting ‘area domination operations’ in sensitive locations and will continue to do so. Escort will be provided depending on the number of vehicles taking the two national highways at any given time during the day.
