A peaceful shut in Telangana region
In Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Schools and colleges remained closed at many places on Friday following a shutdown call given by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to protest the alleged lathicharge at Osmania University in Hyderabad students.
The students of the University had called for a general bandh in the region on Friday but the political JAC appealed only for closure of educational institutions. From tomorrow the ‘Sankranti’ vacation are starting for schools and colleges.
The students were agitating against the Srikrishna Committee recommendations on the Telangana issue. JAC called for shutdown of educational institutions in the region against the alleged police action at the varsity on Thursday.
Commercial establishments were open and public transport buses were running on schedule. Life remained unaffected in Hyderabad and other places in Telangana and no reports of any unwanted incident came.
(News Editor- Naushin Fatima Khan)
