Strike paralyses land ports

Export and import through Sonamsjid land port here remained suspended since yesterday morning due to a strike enforced by lorry drivers and labourers in the Indian side of Mohodipur land port in Maldah in Paschimbanga. A gang of robbers blocked the Maldah-Mohodipur land port road beaten up a few lorry drivers and snatched their money and mobile phone sets on Friday night. At that time the goods laden trucks were coming to Mohodipur land port from different areas in India. Protesting the incident, Indian lorry drivers and labourers of Mohodipur land port called strike from Saturday morning.