Chandigarh villagers back band call, shut shops

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 27

While shops and booths in sectors remained open for business, most of the shops in UT villages remained closed in support of the SKM’s call for Bharat Bandh.

Members of the Pendu Sangharsh Committee said they had also given a call for the bandh and were requesting people to shut down their shops.

Gurpreet Singh Somal, general secretary of the Pendu Sangharsh Committee, said: “While all 23 villages of Chandigarh remained closed today, some people had opened their shops in Nayagaon and Kansal.”

He said: “We requested the people of Nayagaon and Kansal to close their shops and they happily did it. It was overwhelming to see such a raving response to the Bharat Bandh call by city’s villages.”

He said: “I think people have already suffered losses due to the Covid and lockdown. Many people opened their shops to make business. It’s about what one chooses between greed and integrity.”

Devinder Singh, an advocate and resident of Kajheri, said: “In Kajheri, almost everyone had shut their shops. I even went to Burail and, except a few people, almost everyone supported the call.”