<p>The business bandh, for which a call was given, opposing the hike in power tariff, was a near-total one in the market areas of Hubballi city on Thursday.</p>.<p>Though most of the business establishments remained closed in the central business district of the City, business was near-normal in several extension areas. </p>.<p>Most of the businesses including cloth shops, automobile shops and some hotels at Durgadabail, Koppikar Road, Dajibanpet, New Cotton Market, Gokul Road and other commercial areas were closed. Many small-scale industries in industrial areas also remained closed. Traders' shops at the Amargol APMC were not open either.</p>.<p>However, the movement of vehicles including buses and autorickshaws was not affected, while essential services were not hampered. </p>.<p><b>Read | </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/industry-trade-bodies-stage-protest-against-hike-in-electricity-tariff-1230130.html" target="_blank"><strong>Industry, trade bodies stage protest against hike in electricity tariff</strong></a></p>.<p>Karnatak Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and other trade bodies had given a call for a state-wide voluntary business bandh, seeking the withdrawal of the hike in power tariff. </p>.<p>Along with KCCI office-bearers, members of Javali & Cloth Merchants' Association, Hubballi Hotels' Association, North Karnataka Small Scale Industries' Association, Foodgrains Merchants' Association, Hubballi Saraf Association and other trade bodies took out a massive protest rally from J C Nagar to Mini Vidhan Soudha.</p>.<p>Submitting a memorandum to the government through the tahsildar's office, KCCI office-bearers sought the government's intervention to withdraw the power tariff hike. "With such an unprecedented hike in power tariff, a huge burden is imposed on all citizens and businesses. The future of businesses including small industries is uncertain with such a hike," they added.</p>
<p>The business bandh, for which a call was given, opposing the hike in power tariff, was a near-total one in the market areas of Hubballi city on Thursday.</p>.<p>Though most of the business establishments remained closed in the central business district of the City, business was near-normal in several extension areas. </p>.<p>Most of the businesses including cloth shops, automobile shops and some hotels at Durgadabail, Koppikar Road, Dajibanpet, New Cotton Market, Gokul Road and other commercial areas were closed. Many small-scale industries in industrial areas also remained closed. Traders' shops at the Amargol APMC were not open either.</p>.<p>However, the movement of vehicles including buses and autorickshaws was not affected, while essential services were not hampered. </p>.<p><b>Read | </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/industry-trade-bodies-stage-protest-against-hike-in-electricity-tariff-1230130.html" target="_blank"><strong>Industry, trade bodies stage protest against hike in electricity tariff</strong></a></p>.<p>Karnatak Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and other trade bodies had given a call for a state-wide voluntary business bandh, seeking the withdrawal of the hike in power tariff. </p>.<p>Along with KCCI office-bearers, members of Javali & Cloth Merchants' Association, Hubballi Hotels' Association, North Karnataka Small Scale Industries' Association, Foodgrains Merchants' Association, Hubballi Saraf Association and other trade bodies took out a massive protest rally from J C Nagar to Mini Vidhan Soudha.</p>.<p>Submitting a memorandum to the government through the tahsildar's office, KCCI office-bearers sought the government's intervention to withdraw the power tariff hike. "With such an unprecedented hike in power tariff, a huge burden is imposed on all citizens and businesses. The future of businesses including small industries is uncertain with such a hike," they added.</p>