GH bandh ends peacefully

TURA: The two-day dawn-to-dusk ‘Non-Cooperation Movement’ call given by the All A’chik Youth Federation organisation in the five districts of Garo Hills ended on Wednesday evening with no untoward incidents even as the forced closure had an adverse impact on normal life despite the Meghalaya government, particularly the district administration in Tura, making an effort to thwart it by issuing a circular asking for normal life to function during the closure hours. Deserted streets, closed shops and poor attendance in government offices, many either under lock and key or empty, were the scene in Tura and four other district headquarters in Garo Hills during the two day closure.