The bandh began at 6 am and would continue till 1 pm.
Vehicular transport, shops and other business establishments remained closed since morning. However, banks and hospital services are not affected as they were exempted from the bandh. The BJP activists have blocked roads by burning tyres and are picketing at various places across the district.
Meanwhile, more than fifty BJP workers have been detained in this regard.
Notably, Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Sundargarh Jual Oram was shown black flags and pelted with eggs and stones at his vehicle during his visit to Kendrapara district to attend BJP’s ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ programme on June 14.