Correspondent

PASIGHAT, Dec 23: The 12-hour Pasighat bandh called by the All Bogong Students Union (ABSU) today passed off peacefully.
The bandh was called due to non-fulfilment of charter of demands placed by the ABSU to the East Siang District administration and the state government.
Earlier on Thursday, the East Siang district administration had declared the bandh as illegal and had directed all business establishments and markets to remain open and had also directed all commercial vehicles to ply normally failing which the trading licenses and operation permits were liable to suspended. The DA had also directed all government servants to attend office as usual.
However, the bandh was complete and  crippled normal life during the day. The common people of the district seemed to have co-operated with the bandh call which the union claims it is doing for the larger welfare of the common people and the students including for the aggrieved APPSC candidates. The 7 point charter of demands of ABSU includes immediate commencement of Arunachal University, Pasighat, immediate maintenance/restoration of Mirmir Char-ali to Balek Road & PLT Road, Early completion of Sibo-Korong Bridge & Balek School playground, immediate solution for erratic electricity supply, Eviction against illegal Land Encroachment, to arrest all the suspected employees of APPSC including the then Chairman and to investigate and unearth the properties and assets of all the employees of Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission right from Chairman to peon and make it public.

While talking to the media this evening, ABSU President, Siang Moyong expressed the union’s thankfulness to the general public, student unions of all Banggos of East Siang, AESDSU etc., for their full support and cooperation.
 “We will intensify our bandh in coming days if the state government and district administration fails to fulfill our genuine demands," added Moyong. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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