Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist-Chand)’s nationwide bandh on November 16 went largely unheeded with most of the market areas across the country staying open and many private vehicles plying the roads defying the shutdown, reports The Himalayan Times. The general public, however, faced some inconvenience commuting with long-route public transport staying off the roads out of fear of action from the cadres of the CPN-Maoist-Chand. Meanwhile, Police arrested 212 CPN-Maoist-Chand cadres across the country for attempting to enforce the shutdown.