Belgaum Bandh

The Bandh call given by Sri Ram sena has received good response all over the city.

City Bus stand a desserted look

Maruti Galli

All the commercial establishments excluding banks and medical stores are closed in most parts of the city. Camp area shops were open but Main city; Shahpur & Tilakwadi majority shops were closed.

There were small incidents of stone pelting in Bhatkande Galli, Khade Bazar and some incidents of tyre burning. About four shops were gutted on PB road but the police said it was due to short circuit and nothing to do with the bandh. Glasses of a few busses were broken by unidentified people today as well as yesterday night. In all 14 buses were damaged.

You can play cricket in Raviwar peth, where its difficult on others days to even move

Wholesale Cantonment Vegetable market

Police have put up barricades in some places. The over condition is normal and no tension prevails as such. The movement of traffic is minimal and the city bus service withdrawn after stone pelting.

Photos: D B Patil &UkMaD

Belgaum Bandh call on Friday

Belgaum Bandh call on Friday

Sri Ram Sena has given a Belgaum Bandh call on Friday 11 September in connection to violence in Miraj & Sangli. There is curfew imposed in Miraj and other places after there was violence at the time of Ganesh idol immersion over Afzal Khan poster.

The Sene has requested the managements of educational institutions, business establishments and private transports to stop the services on Friday from 6 am to 6 pm.

Hotel Association, Vegetable Market Association, Jai Bhim Autorickhsaw Association, Market Yard Merchants' Association, Chamber of Commerce, Tempo Owners' Association and Lingayat organizations have supported the bandh call the sena claims.

The police in Belgaum have taken this threat seriously and have done preventive arrests of Vilas Pawar and his other associates to stop the bandh from happening.

Belgaum Bandh successful

The Belgaum bandh called by the VHP and Bajrang dal as a part of the nation wide bandh call today, the response has been almost 100%.

All the businesses are closed. The activists did try to close a few open shops and burnt tyres at Bogarves circle, but the police removed it immediately and restored the traffic. Small incidents of stone pelting happened. No major incident has been reported until now.

Rains at last have hit on the eve of an annual bandh call

Yes after 3-4 days of hide and seek of the sun and rain today at last @ 1631 hours the rains have hit Belgaum. Though the intensity is not so much but has taken a many by surprise. Rains here are due to the cyclonic condition over the Bay of Bengal, which brings monsoon showers in Tamil Nadu. Bangalore was receiving rains daily and today is our day. It has taken me 7 minutes or so to write this but the rain is pouring cats and dogs and it’s become very dark.

In this image you can see how street sellers were caught by surprise by the rain, also seen are school children.

in the second image you can see two old people awaiting the rain to go. and also seen is the rain.







Tomorrow is the 1st of November, Rajostav day and Kala “Black Day” as it is observed by the marathi people, or should I rather say by a few marathi people. As usual a Bandh call has been given which is nothing new for we Belgaumites.
These days are the days of festivals Diwali is on the face and by calling for a Bandh only the businessmen get hit. Infact the sales have been a mediocre says a businessman I spoke to and he said now that all have got their salaries and bonuses we can expect a good sale in the next 10 days or so, but this kind of a bandh call will hit it he added. People coming in from taluka places will avoid coming tomorrow and hence this outlook.