Hartal total and peaceful in Palakkad

Wednesday, March 28, 2012; The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Medical College Action Committee demanding a new Medical College in Palakkad was total and peaceful.
People from all walks of the life expressed their solidarity with the ongoing agitation by the Medical College Action Committee to find an early solution to the issue. No untoward incidents have been reported from any part of the district.
But the leading political parties in the district said that they have no relation in connection with the hartal.
Since the agitation was peaceful, no untoward incidents were reported from any part of the district, sources said.