Kathmandu, Apr. 6 :No untoward incidents took place in Kathmandu valley and other districts during the Nepal Bandh today.

According to the spokesman of the Home Ministry, no violent activities took place in Kathmandu valley and other district today.

The shops being opened and the vehicles running were safe, life was normal throughout the country, the spokesman added.

The Nepal Bandh called by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) passed off peacefully today.

Most of the shops in the main parts of the city in Kathmandu valley were closed while few vehicles were seen plying the roads.

Employees and members of the general public from distant places were on foot to their destinations.

Educational institutions could not function in a smooth manner and effect of the bandh was clearly visible in most business enterprises or institutions.

Sajha and trolley buses operated smoothly in Kathmandu valley, sources said.

According to manager Kiran Kishore Ghimire, nine trolley buses provided services to the passengers from 5:30 a.m. today.

Similarly, six Sajha buses were plying on the Ratnapark-Lagankhel route, according to Ram Bahadur kc of the Sajha Transport.

Buses were seen taking tourists to and from the airport.

Pokhara: Pokhara remained totally closed today. Employees were seen going to their offices on foot.

According to Gandaki Regional Police Office, means of transport completely stayed off the road in the headquarters of Tanahu, Gorkha, Lamjung, Kaski and Syangja districts.

No unfavourable incidents took place in the six districts of Gandaki zone, an SSP said.

Baglung market remained totally closed today.

Mugu: Today’s bandh programme had no impact in Mugu district and the shops, hotels, offices and schools and other organisation  remained open as usual, according to rss correspondent in Mugu.

Khotang: Diktel bazaar remained partially closed  today.

Nepalgunj:   Life  in  Nepalgunj was fully affected by the Nepal Bandh called by the cpn-maoists.

The Nepalgunj  bazaar remained fully closed and the vehicles of long and short distance routes, and the rickshaw, ekka and tanga also didn’t ply.

The schools and cinema halls were closed whereas the hospital, government offices and medical shops were open.

Janakpurdham: The Janakpur-Jayanagar railway services were run as usual and the Janakpur Cigarette Factory  remained open today.

But the Janakpurdham  bazaar and most of the small towns of the district were closed and the traffic remained standstill.

Chitwan: Chitwan was peaceful during the bandh called by the Maoists until  this afternoon.

The main bazaars of Narayangadh, Mungling, Bhandara, Khairahani, Parsa, Ratnanagar Tandi have been peaceful, the police said

The schools, campuses and cinema halls remained closed today.

Though aircrafts of four different airlines used to come  here daily, only an aircraft of the Cosmic Air came here and took nine foreign passengers to Kathmandu today.

Humla: Simikot, the headquarters of Humla district saw the closure of hotels and shops during the bandh today.

A few shops were opened but no untoward incident took place.

Dolpa: Life was normal here though 5/6 shops  were closed in the district during Nepal Bandha called by the Maoists. Chief district officer Rudra Nath Basyal says the bandh made no impact and  life was normal here.

Birgunj: All the shops including  drug stores, hotels and lodges  remained closed today as per the call of Nepal Bandha by the cpn-maoists.

No vehicle plied except for the bi-cycles in the town areas. The teachers of schools and campuses returned home after signing their attendance and green vegetables coming from the villages was not available and the mini bazaar vegetable market was  empty.

Bhadrapur: The bandh in Jhapa district was peaceful.

All the main market areas of Bhadrapur, Birtamod, Chandragadhi, Dhulabari, Kakarbhitta, Damak, Gauradaha and  Gaurigunj remained closed and the public vehicles including the rickshaw and tempo didn’t ply.

No violent activities were reported during the bandh but the police arrested some persons for inquiry and investigation, according to cdo of Jhapa Dilli Raj Joshi.

Rasuwa: The Nepal Bandh was peaceful and life was normal here today.

Hetauda: During the Nepal Bandh called by the cpn-maoists, the Bhimphedi, Palung, Manahari and Hetauda bazaars and the Hetauda industrial district were affected.

Life in Makwanpur district including Hetauda municipality was normal, according to the police.

Meanwhile,   one of the two bombs thrown by the Maoists at Rajaiya of Manahari vdc along   the Mahendra Highway in Makwanpur district exploded while the police patrol team despatched  by the Manahari Ilaka Police Office was returning in the afternoon but no loss was caused by the explosion, Makwanpur district police office said.

Police is investigating the incident.

Mahottari: Today’s Nepal Bandha programme called by the Maoists was peaceful here.

In this connection, the main bazaars of Jaleswor, Matihani, Bardibas and Gaushala  of the district remained closed and shops of the rural areas were affected by the bandh since   early morning.

In various places of the district including Janakpur-Bhittamod route, no vehicles plied except for bicycles.

Kapilbastu: Kapilbastu district remained peaceful during the Nepal Bandh today.

The main bazaars of the district were totally closed during the bandh and private and public vehicles didn’t ply except for the government vehicles.

Similarly, the employees going to government offices of the headquarters were very low and all the educational institutions remained closed today.

No violent activity took place during the bandh, Kapilbastu district  police office said.

Biratnagar: The Nepal Bandh called by the Maoists today concluded peacefully in Biratnagar, the headquarters of Morang district and life was normal here.

Biratnagar Jute Mills and few medical shops were open, but no incidents of violence or vandalism have been reported so far.

Similarly, long and short route buses stayed off the road and no aircrafts of private airline companies including that of the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation landed here today.

Likewise, the main market area of Sunsari district and shops in rural areas remained totally closed today.

Kalaiya: Different places in Bara district were closed and all means of transport remained off the road today.

Medical shops, teastalls and hotels were also closed.

Dhangadhi: In Dhangadhi, Tikapur, Joshipur and other areas of Kailali district, all the shops, transport services and educational institutions were closed but  most of the shops in Chaumala bazaar remained open and life was normal there.

Similarly, all the shops in Mangalsen bazaar were closed  and 20 per cent of the shops in Doti and Dipayal bazaar were open.

Meanwhile, the cpn-maoist workers went to the rural housing company office at Jugeda village at ward   no. 13 of Dhangadhi municipality and raided it and set fire on the important documents in the office.

Dadeldhura: The impact of the Nepal Bandh called by the cpn-maoists was partial here.

Armed police vehicles were seen plying in Dadeldhura but the traffic was completely closed and even no motorcycles were plying.

Similarly, at Khalanga and Bagh Bazaar of the headquarters all the shops except for one or two were closed until 10 in the morning, but after the emergency meeting of all the  business community held at the office of the chambers of commerce and industry the bazaar opened.

The other bazaars of Laldhunga of Jogbuda, Pokhara, Bhatkanda and Kirtipur bazaar were all open except for one or two shops.

According to chief district officer Dilli Prasad Shiwakoti, no tense situation was reported in Dadeldhura.

Dailekh: All the educational institutions, small industries, teastall and other shops remained closed but life was normal here during the Nepal Bandh called by the cpn-maoists.

Due to the bandh, the main bazaars of Dullu, Dandimadi, Naumule, Bestada, Chupra, Dungeswor, Lakandra and Ghumnekhali outside the district headquarters were affected by the bandh.

Though the government offices at the district headquarters were open, number of people   coming for work was very low.

The Maoists had set fire to an empty building  of  the ilaka police office, Dullu Wednesday night.

The ilaka police office was shifted six months ago to Dullu Durbar some 200 metres away out fear of Maoist attack.