Kozhikode: Business people feel it's high time the government banned all modes of agitation hitting the economy as the state’s exchequer is not in good shape even to mobilise funds for the rehabilitation of flood victims.
“The recurring hartals and bandhs are a curse for our economy," said architect N.M. Salim.
“It is high time the government called leaders of all the political parties to take a unanimous decision to avoid them for another 25 years,” he said
“It would encourage hesitant NRKs to invest back home. I am sad we had two hartals every month scaring away investors."
Recently NRI tycoon Yusuffali MA had hit out at the practice of flash strikes leaving people arriving from the Gulf stranded at airports.
He wanted to make the call at least a day in advance to avoid such a situation.
Many said it would be difficult for them to plan anything in the state.
Recently, an investor from Europe who had come down to Cochin to find a suitable place for starting an industrial project, unfortunately, landed on a bandh day. Getting the real taste of the business environs, he returned dropping the idea.
“There are many tourists hesitant to visit the state after getting a taste of it,” said K.R. Vancheeswaran of Wayanad Tourism Organisation.
"What we should keep on mind is that they would spread their impression to other potential visitors. It gives a bad name to our destination."
“After all we are living in a modern era, and we need innovative modes of protests that are not self-destructive,” he added.
