<span style="color: #222222;">In West Bengal, no major untoward incident has been reported so far during the ongoing 12 hour strike called by the left parties. The overall situation is peaceful though people had to suffer due to the rail and road blockade by supporters of the strike.<br />''<br />''In Kolkata, leaders of the Congress and left parties have taken part in rallies in support of the strike against alleged police atrocities on their supporters during the march to the state secretariat yesterday, demanding employment and industrialization. Adequate security arrangements have taken place in view of the strike.</span><br />