24-hour Mariani bandh today

MOKOKCHUNG, FEBRUARY 5 (MExN): Various civil society organisations have called for a 24 hour Mariani bandh on Saturday, February 6. A press note from the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) informed that the bandh has been called to press the need for expanding the town roads in main Mariani town. The bandh, it stated will be enforced by the local units of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP), All Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (AATTSA) and Mariani Public Forum. The BPCC has urged travellers from Nagaland not to use this stretch of road during the bandh period. It will take effect from 5:00 am, February 6 till 5:00 am, February 7.