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The 24-hour nation-wide general strike Thursday called by the Left parties to protest against the government's economic policies is expected to disrupt normal life in West Bengal. Though the IT sector, given the status of a public utility, has not been exempted, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has assured that there would be no picketing of the IT hub at Sector V of Salt Lake here. The airlines have already been grounded in the state. While Indian has cancelled all its 22 flights Thursday, the private operators are also towing the line following mass cancellation. The Kolkata airport's director V.K. Monga Wednesday said the CITU had conveyed it would not cooperate with the management Thursday, but the Air Traffic Control (ATC) will continue to work as the officers will be on duty making sure that the flights going over the city faced no problems. Foreign airlines were yet to intimate their decision to the Airports Authority of India. Both Eastern and South-Eastern Railways said no train had been cancelled for Thursday. "We are ready to run trains if there is no obstruction. But past experience shows obstruction and squatting leading to total disruption in rail services," a railway official said. Authorities were trying to make sure that trains due at 7.00 a.m. come at least two hours before time to avoid the purview of the strike. Hardly any vehicle will be plying as most of the bus unions are controlled by CITU. However, Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee said that a heavy posse of policemen and RAf will be deployed around the city to stop agitators from forcefully stopping any vehicle or closing down any shops or establishment. "We will make sure that those who want to move are not harassed," he said.
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