Ranchi:A 24-hour shutdown called by the Maoists here, has led to huge losses to transport business on Thursday. The Maoists declared a shutdown after a massive anti-Maoist operation was launched jointly by police of Jharkhand
and Orissa in the Saranda jungles of West Singhbhum district, in which three personnel
of the Jharkhand COBRA Force and 12 Maoists were killed. People are facing a tough
time due to cut down in the numbers of trains and buses. Sukhdev Khariya, a passenger
who has been stranded said people visit the State for their work and these strikes
create problems for them. The transporters too are badly affected. "These (shutdown
calls) badly hit our work as well as income. But we cannot do anything about it,
just we have to obey the orders," said Rajiv Singh, a bus driver.
