12-hour bandh hits normal life in Athamallik

Athamallik:  The 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the Athamallik Senior Citizen Forum to protest against the last-minute change in location of Adarsha Vidyalaya has hit normal life in Athamallik block of Angul district Monday.

There has been a proposal for setting up an Adarsha Vidyalaya at Aida. But at the last moment, it was decided to set up the school at Banamalipur instead of Aida.

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The forum has objected to the last-minute change, saying the new location is 25 km away from Athamallik.

While vehicular movement on the roads has come to a grinding halt, all business establishments have downed their shutters Monday.

Similarly, government, non-government offices and educational institutions have also remained closed.