Images: How commuters were affected on day one of Bharat Bandh
Many banks were closed and public transport disrupted on Wednesday because of a strike by trade unions protesting against high prices. Violence erupted in some places on the first day of a two-day strike as workers, angry about high fuel prices in particular, tried to keep vehicles off the roads. One union member was killed in Ambala. Here are images of the nationwide strike.
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Indian workers participate in a rally on the first day of a two day strike in Hyderabad. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport was shut down after India’s major trade unions called the countrywide strike. AP
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Activists of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) shout slogans as they sit on rail tracks to stop trains on the first day of a two day strike in Bhubaneswar. AP
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Indian trade union activists of Hind Mazdoor Sabha attack a car that was plying on the first day of a two day strike in Bhubaneswar. AP
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Protesters burnt cars in Noida on the first day of the strike. AP
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An Indian auto-rickshaw driver stands among dozens of auto-rickshaws parked during a nationwide strike called by trade unions in New Delhi. AP
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Rickshaw pullers watch members and supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist walk with party flags in a rally during the first day of a two-day nationwide strike called by trade unions, in Kolkata. AP
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