TRICHY: Around one lakh shops and commercial establishments remained closed in the delta districts on Wednesday following a total shutdown announced by the Cauvery Delta Protection Movement protesting against the Karnataka government’s failure to adhere to the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Supreme Court to release water for irrigation in the Cauvery river.
However, government and private buses operated as usual and educational institutions functioned without interruption. Normal life was not affected much due to the protest barring some incidents of road blockade undertaken by protesters including DMK cadres and alliance partners. Police arrested hundreds of them across the delta districts and released them in the evening. The protesting farmers in Trichy, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Pudukottai took out rallies and demonstrated in front of Union government offices.
Around 40,000 shops in Thanjavur, 35,000 in Tiruvarur, 20,000 in Nagapattinam and 15,000 in Mayiladuthurai remained closed from 6 am till evening. More than 500 protesters including farmers and cadres of DMK and alliance parties participated in the protest in Trichy led by mayor and DMK urban secretary Mu Anbalagan near the Regional Head Post Office. Police arrested around 300 protesters as they blocked vehicular traffic on the stretch.
In Thanjavur city, the protesters demonstrated in front of the LIC office. Similar protests were held in various other places, including Kumbakonam, Pattukottai, Tiruvarur, Mannargudi and Nagapattinam. Police arrested around 700 protesters while they attempted to besiege the head post office.
However, government and private buses operated as usual and educational institutions functioned without interruption. Normal life was not affected much due to the protest barring some incidents of road blockade undertaken by protesters including DMK cadres and alliance partners. Police arrested hundreds of them across the delta districts and released them in the evening. The protesting farmers in Trichy, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Pudukottai took out rallies and demonstrated in front of Union government offices.
Around 40,000 shops in Thanjavur, 35,000 in Tiruvarur, 20,000 in Nagapattinam and 15,000 in Mayiladuthurai remained closed from 6 am till evening. More than 500 protesters including farmers and cadres of DMK and alliance parties participated in the protest in Trichy led by mayor and DMK urban secretary Mu Anbalagan near the Regional Head Post Office. Police arrested around 300 protesters as they blocked vehicular traffic on the stretch.
In Thanjavur city, the protesters demonstrated in front of the LIC office. Similar protests were held in various other places, including Kumbakonam, Pattukottai, Tiruvarur, Mannargudi and Nagapattinam. Police arrested around 700 protesters while they attempted to besiege the head post office.
