India: General Strike Shut Down Darjeeling, Stranded Tourists

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 23rd, 2010 | Trackback

At least 100 tourists were stranded by an indefinite general strike in Darjeeling June 19 and had to be escorted out of the area by police. The strike was the most recent of several in the past year called by a Gorkha political party agitating for a autonomous Gorkha homeland. Government pressure caused them to relent and lift the strike for two days “to ease public inconvenience,” but the strike could continue to disrupt travel to Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong.

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