Bangalore back on track

Bangalore back on track
Deccan Herald

Seeking to brush aside memories of the bloody weekend, people of Bharathinagar, Shivajinagar, Frazer Town and Ulsoor in Bangalore on Tuesday resumed their normal activities hoping for peaceful days ahead.

Seeking to brush aside memories of the bloody weekend, people of Bharathinagar, Shivajinagar, Frazer Town and Ulsoor in Bangalore on Tuesday resumed their normal activities hoping for peaceful days ahead.

Educational institutions in the areas affected by violence, which had remained closed on Monday, reopened on Tuesday. Shops and business establishments too engaged in usual transactions. However, owners of those shops which were set on fire or targeted in the violence were unable to resume their business.

The jurisdictional police were in the process of registering complaints of rioting, arson, looting, damage to public and private properties and assessing the loss.

City Police Commissioner N Achuta Rao said that the prohibitory orders imposed in these localities would be in force till the midnight of January 27. While making it clear that no untoward incident was reported from these areas since Monday, Mr Rao appealed to the people not to give any importance to rumours about violence.

Meanwhile, the police are maintaining a strict vigil in the sensitive areas by deploying additional forces and intensifying patrolling.

Shoppers back

“It is nice to see the crowd on Commercial Street again. We normally come here during the weekends but our parents did not allow us to come here on Saturday and Sunday last after Friday’s violence,” said Prerna and her friends, all engineering students from Malleswaram.

The traders, who saw a dull weekend in terms of business, were also happy to see the crowd back.

“Most small shopkeepers in the bylanes of Commercial Street and their assistants mainly depend on their daily business and wages for survival. Closing the shop even for a day would affect our livelihood,” said Bashaq who sells handkerchiefs and designer scarfs at a small shop in one of the bylanes.