NewsX Normal life was disrupted in the Darjeeling Hills today due to an indefinite strike called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) to press for the demand for a separate Gorkhaland on the lines of Telangana. All shops, markets, schools, colleges, government and private offices, banks, post offices remained closed in the towns in Darjeeling hills and vehicles remained off the roads. There was no report of any fresh violence since the beginning of the strike at 6 am as one battalion of CRPF was posted in various parts of the town.Women CRPF personnel were also deployed. GJM workers were seen checking all vehicles that plied with emergency signs pasted on them. The sources said normal work was, however, on at tea and cinchona gardens in the Darjeeling Hills.

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