Atmadip Ray & Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA

PICKING a positive from the ravages of a bandh is never easy. A bandh sets the country back by up to Rs 8,000 crore, says Aditya Birla Group chief economist Ajit Ranade. Inconvenience to the public is immeasurable with lives lost, utility services disrupted and critical events postponed or cancelled.