Live updates: Maharashtra bandh called off after a day of disruption

Flight operations at the Mumbai airport were badly hit due to the Maharashtra Bandh called by Dalit leaders today, with 12 flights getting cancelled and 235 delayed. The shut-down, called to protest the state government's "failure" to stop the violence against celebration of 200th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in Pune district, disrupted normal life across Maharashtra, including Mumbai. The shut-down was withdrawn later this evening.

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Dalit groups had called for a complete shutdown in the state in protest against the violent clashes that broke out during the Bhima Koregaon battle anniversary in Pune on Monday. "People are extremely hurt at the communal tensions in the state the contributions of the marginalized community towards nation building are being questioned today," he added. Daily life in Mumbai was disrupted as protesters attacked city buses, stopped suburban local services and blocked roads at various places in the city. Dalits began protests in suburban Chembur, Ghatkopar, Kamraj Nagar, Vikhroli, Dindoshi, Kandivali, Jogeshwari, Kalanagar and Mahim, police said.

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The main thoroughfares in Pune wore a mostly deserted look on Wednesday following the bandh call by Dailt outfits in protest of the January 1 Koregaon Bhima violence. Most establishments, including schools, hotels, shops and some banks, remained closed in the most parts of the city. Stray cases of violence including stone pelting at buses were reported.

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The bandh called by Dalit outfits in the state prompted a near-total response in Marathwada, punctuated by sporadic violence, with transport and establishments being mostly shut, and people keeping indoors.

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