Patna, Oct 01: The dawn-to-dusk Bihar bandh called by the Left Coordination Committee is reported to be peaceful so far. In Patna, most schools and colleges were open. Shops too were open in the residential localities in the morning.

Auto-rickshaws, buses and four-wheelers were seen on the roads as usual.

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All the police stations were put on high alert and police patrolling was intensified in the Left-dominated belts in the state to maintain law and order.

Nationalist Congress Party and Janata Dal (United) have backed the bandh. The Left is also protesting against the Bihar government`s apathy towards providing relief to the flood-hit people, the Centre`s decision to close down Barauni fertiliser unit and its bad economic policies. CPI-M state committee secretary Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi has said the state government failed completely in maintaining the law and order and a spate of murders and kidnappings in the recent past have proved beyond doubt that the administration had no control over anti-social elements. Bureau Report