Normal life was on Wednesday disrupted in Jagatsinghpur and Paradip port towns due to the Bharat Bandh. At Jagatsinghpur, trade union gathered at the district Collector office parade ground and staged a demonstration. Trade union leaders Pradipta Ram, labakanta Swain, Somanath Giri and Tapan Kumar Sahoo addressed the gathering on the anti-labour policy of the Union Government. All the banks, insurance companies and Central Government offices remained closed and vehicular traffic was off roads. Schools and colleges were open and State Government offices worked normally.
Response to the bandh was witnessed at Paradip with normal works at the Paradip Port, IFFCO, PPl, Paradip Refinery and Essar Steel coming to a grinding halt. About 10 trade unions functioning at Paradip took part in the strike. leaders Sudhakar Mantry from HMS, Prabhat Samantry from INTUC, Ullas Swain from CITU, Ratikanta Behera from HMS, Gagan Mohanty, Anant Das and Bibhuti Panda headed the agitation.