Normal life remained disrupted in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh today on the second day of the 48-hour bandh called by the Telangana groups in support of their demand for the introduction of a bill for separate statehood for the region.

Schools, colleges, shops and other commercial establishments remained closed and public transport buses largely remained off the roads with some pro-Telangana workers unions participating in the shutdown.

People who arrived in the city from far off places at the Secunderabad railway station, headquarters of South Central Railway, and the Mahatma Gandhi bus station here had difficulty in reaching their destinations as city buses and auto rickshaws were not available.

The State Government employees in Telangana region have already been organising a non-cooperation agitation in support of the separate statehood demand.

Police made elaborate security arrangements and imposed traffic restrictions near the State assembly buildings in view of the bandh.

According to reports from Telangana districts such as Karimnagar, Warangal, Medak, normal life was paralysed due to the shutdown. There were no major reports of violence from anywhere in the region in the morning hours.

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