The shutdown against rising prices and inflation paralysed life in large parts of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai with public transport off the roads and government buses being stoned in several places.

As Mumbai woke up this morning, a majority of the BEST public buses were seen on the roads along with normal suburban train services.u00a0However, services were hit later in the day and buses began to ply u00a0empty. Most people preferred to remain indoors in the near-total absence of autorickshaws and taxis.