“The production and dispatch of coal have been totally halted as coal workers are on strike. The daily business in the banking sector and public sector units will also be impacted,” All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Jharkhand unit general secretary Suvendu Sen said.

He said that different trade unions and Left parties would jointly take out two rallies in Ranchi in support of their 17-point charter of demands, including the repeal of the four labour codes.

The rallies will be taken out from Sainik Market and Kutchery around 11.30 am and they will culminate in a public meeting at Albert Ekka Chowk, Sen said.

However, the impact of the strike is yet to be witnessed in the streets and markets of the state capital.

CPI state secretary Mahendra Pathak said they have appealed to all small and large vendors to participate in the protest against the central government’s “anti-worker policies”.

The general strike, initially scheduled for May 20, was postponed following the Pahalgam terror attack and subsequent Operation Sindoor. PTI SAN ACD