As the Darjeeling Hills braced for resumption of the indefinite bandh on Wednesday at the end of the 60-hour relaxation by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, residents on Tuesday went on a spree of stocking essential commodities.The indefinite bandh was relaxed for 60 hours on Sunday evening and resumes on Wednesday at six am.Hundreds of vehicles were locked bumper to bumper on the road from Siliguri to Darjeeling - many of them trucks carrying food and essential commodities to the hills.To prevent unscrupulous traders from taking advantage of the situation, volunteers of the GJM have fanned out across the town. The overall situation has remained peaceful though with no report of any untoward incident.GJM press secretary Benoy Tamang told PTI that from tomorrow the bandh would be strictly enforced with even two-wheelers not allowed to ply.GJM supporters would also continue to block the National Highway 31A, the arterial road linking Sikkim to Siliguri through which most of the supply of essential commodities to the Himalayan state moves.Tamang warned if the government tried to keep the highway open forcibly, GJM supporters would lie on the road in thousands.“In any case, our movement will be non-violent,” Tamang emphasised.
