A 12-hour shutdown was observed across three districts of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday over the demand for the release of 10 protesters detained for opposing the construction of a large dam on the Siang River, disrupting normal life, transportation and commercial activities.
The shutdown affected travellers moving to and from different parts of the country, including Assam , with people seeking medical treatment among those facing difficulties. A woman travelling from Siliguri with two other patients also described the difficulties caused by the shutdown. “We have come from Siliguri. There is an Ayurvedic doctor here, Madam Duna Dyang. We need to see her.
A man travelling from Odisha to obtain medicine for his mother, who has liver cancer, told reporters that he was unaware of the shutdown and was left stranded after a checkpost was closed and his bus turned back. There are three of us; all three of us are patients,” she told reporters.
