The educational institutions’ bandh and protests, organised under the aegis of Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee (VUPPC) and Praja Sanghala JAC, for protection of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) was peaceful, with no untoward incidents reported from anywhere in the city, on Wednesday.
While some colleges declared a holiday in advance, in anticipation of trouble, others opened them as police protection was provided. Later, the students were sent out through the backdoor, and the colleges were closed. RTC buses, autorickshaws plied as usual, and most of the shops were opened, except for a few, which downed their shutters.
The relay hunger strikes, being organised under the aegis of the VUPPC, continued for the 1,000th day at the Steel Plant gate at Kurmannapalem, on Wednesday.
