The dawn-to-dusk call for Bengal bandh given by the Left Front and supported by the Congress received lukewarm response from the people with most establishments remaining open on Friday despite intermittent blockades by the Left and Congress supporters.
The railways, and airport functioned near normally while the State government and IT sector offices reported near-normal attendance, sources said adding however that transport services got hit in some places due to blockades organized by the LF-Congress men.
Trains were blocked in Hooghly and Sealdah North division, sources said adding vehicles were jammed in parts of Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Burdwan but the police quickly brought situation to normalcy.
Incidentally the State schools that opened after almost 11 months functioned normally on Friday.
The bandh was called in response to a police lathi-charge on the Left supporters in Kolkata even as they tried to march towards the State secretariat at Nabanna in demand of employment and other issues.