life in the Steel City returned to normalcy after prohibitory orders were relaxed at Mango locality, the central point of Monday night’s communal violence. The residents heaved a sigh of relief as they went to buy essential commodities.
While prohibitory orders were relaxed two times — between 8 am and 10 am and again from 2 pm to 5 pm — in the Mango locality (comprising four police stations of Azadnagar, Mango, Ulidih and MGM) for the first time since Tuesday, the relaxation was between 10 am and 6 pm in the remaining parts of the city.
Crowds were seen mostly in grocery shops, roadside vegetable shops and near small eateries and also near fuel pump outlets in Mango. However, public transport was nil in Mango. Financial establishments like banks and ATMs were however not opened in Mango.
In rest of the city, there was mad rush of vehicles at fuel pumps. Shops and commercial establishment including banks and ATMs could be seen opened. Public transport, mostly auto-rickshaws, were seen plying on roads, albeit in small numbers in the city.