The ABVP bandh adversely hit all sections of the society. From students to patients: Life stood still as protesters wrecked havoc on the streets of Patna. A recap:

Testing time

Several examinees faced difficulty in reaching their respective exam centres. While Class XII CBSE students appeared for the additional paper, Class X examinees took Hindi and Sanskrit exam.

Mohit Nayan Sharma, a Class XII student of Loyola High School, got stuck in traffic for almost half an hour near Hartali Mor. "Today (Monday) was my last board paper and I reached 10 minutes late at the exam centre at DAV BSEB as the ABVP members had blocked the traffic. I was forced to walk to the centre."

Phew! Fliers

The bandh had little impact on fliers. The taxi service at Patna airport was operating normally and it was business as usual at Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport.

Harrowing hospitals

The bandh had a partial effect on the state-run hospitals on Monday. Doctors working in the outpatient department of Patna Medical College and Hospital claimed there was lesser footfall of patients in the OPD because of the bandh.

V.P. Sinha, a doctor with the medicine department of the hospital, said: "Every day the medicine department OPD sees at least 400 patients but on Monday only 200 visited it. The bandh had definitely affected the number of patients coming to the outpatient department," said Sinha.

S.K. Jaiswal, the head of ENT department, echoed Sinha: "The Patients' flow was thin," he said, refusing to share more details. The case was similar at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, which received fewer patients than normal. The patient flow normalised at PMCH and NMCH in the afternoon. Ambulance services were not hit because of the bandh.