AGARTALA, Sep 3 (TIWN): Time and again daily life's schedule is disrupted by bandh or strike calls given by various political parties in protest against some issue or the other.

And in a CPI-M rules states it is for sure to lose at least 15-20 days of work a year because of imposition of strike announced by the communist party.

A bandh is supposed to be in support of a cause. But does it actually serve that cause? One just cannot be too sure.

A forceful state-wide bandh means disruption of traffic, closure of establishments, poor collection of excise and customs duty and many more. These all add up to a huge loss for the nation.

This bandh 'business' in India is growing daily because it is the easiest way for the party to get free publicity without any capital investment.

A 12-hour nation-wide bandh called by the trade 10 trade unions have disrupted the common life including the traffic movement.

It is to be mentioned here that along with the nation, Tripura also witnessed a nation-wide strike on Sept 2, from 6am to 6pm as 10 Central Trade Unions have decided to protest against the labour reforms proposed by the NDA government.

The Bharat Bandh, which is observed against the central government's proposed amendments, affected normal life across the state as it has cover all public and private sectors including the Railways.

The Unions are protesting government's decision to take factories with up to 40 workers out of the labour laws as it affect job security of most of the workforce. Some unions fear that they will lose influence in the labour market with the enforcement of new labour reforms.

More than a million workers in banking, telecom and other sectors observed strike on Friday, seeking higher wages and to protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labour reforms and a plan to close some loss-making firms.

10 trade unions including the All India Trade Unions Congress and Centre of Indian Trade Unions rejected a government appeal to call off the strike, saying it failed to address their demands.

Vehicular movement was paralysed across Orissa as bandh supporters blocked national highways, state highways and other roads, putting a halt to plying of passenger buses, trucks, and auto-rickshaws, police sources said.

Rail services were also affected as trains were stopped at different stations for a brief period, they said.

The strike affected work in central government offices, public sector units, including post offices and banks as bandh supporters resorted to picketing and prevented staff from entering their offices, sources said.

Work was also affected the railway seervice because of picketing by bandh supporters, but emergency arrangements had been made by railway authorities to maintain basic functioning, an official said.