3rd January 2009 – Kolkata faces vehicular bandh

Commuters in Kolkata faced a harrowing time as taxis and autorickshaws remained off the streets in response to a bandh called by the Trinamool Congress from 6 am to 6 pm to support auto rickshaw owners protesting the government's efforts to implement a July 2008 Calcutta High Court order. To curb air pollution levels in the city, the court had issued an order banning three wheelers with two stroke engines from plying on the Kolkata's roads from January 1.