[India] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 9, 2025, Students' Federation of India (SFI) members conducted a road-blocking protest in Barasat city, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, as part of a statewide demonstration against the state government over alleged recruitment irregularities and job reinstatement demands. The event is classified as low-severity peaceful protest.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether similar protests spread to areas with greater logistics significance.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests to other districts in West Bengal, particularly areas with major industrial zones or transport corridors
• Track whether road-blocking tactics intensify or spread to highways connecting Kolkata with other regional centers