Week gone for a toss

So TRS has started a week long agitation including a 48 hr bandh in the pursuit of its demand of statehood.I came to know about the bandh,yesterday early in the evening but it didn't strike my mind that I should rush to the nearest petrol pump.Later that evening I went to my coaching classes and while returning the roads were in haywire,the people rushing to petrol pumps and causing traffic jams.Police were deployed at several places to avoid any brawls.That's when I realized that the petrol in my bike wouldn't last for the next two days.But I didn't have to use my bike for the next two days,so I didn't panic much until I got a call from my friend.He was to return from Kakinada tomorrow morning and he asked me whether I could drop him at his place as all the public transport were not functioning until tomorrow.I couldn't help him but later our watchman brought two liters of petrol.So,I called him back but he told that he'd better cancel his train reservation and delay his return by a week until the turmoil calms down.

As I switched on the television they were showing the civilians stranded at railway stations and bus stations because of no transport and the auto rickshaws were charging exorbitant prices not affordable by the general public.The bloody politicians however were cruising in swanky cars without any remorse for their public who never complain in spite of several such bandhs which cause them trouble.Would it be same in developed nations if it were like this.Would the public in other countries keep quite with the public transport stranded for 48 hours.It happens only in India.