Cauvery dispute: Farmers’ organisations begin 48-hour rail roko
Various farmers’ organisations, on Monday, began their 48-hour rail roko in Tiruchi and delta districts, demanding the constitution of Cauvery Management Board.
Opposition parties, including the DMK, extended their support and participated in the agitation. Former DMK Minister K.N. Nehru courted arrest after attempting a blockade at Srirangam Railway Station.
The officials stated that there were no disruption of rail services.
Farmers stage blockade at Thanjavur Railway station, raising slogans urging Centre not to cheat Tamil Nadu farmers.
A large number of farmers were arrested in central region including Thanjavur and Kumbakonam after they resorted to rail-roko. They undertook the stir condemning the centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board. The protest has the backing of all the major Opposition parties including DMK and Congress. The other parties who participated in the protest are TMC and People’s Welfare Front.
Around 600 farmers and members of various political parties arrested at different places in Thanjavur district after sat on railway tracks demanding the formation of Cauvery Management Board.
Farmers belonging to Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam resorted to novel protest by cooking food on track at Thanjavur.
The CPI state secretary Mutharasan also led to a rail roko at Tiruvarur Railway station.
Mr. Mutharasan urged the state government to convene all party meet to mount pressure on Centre to form Cauvery Management Board.
The Kancheepuram district DMK secretary and Alandur MLA T.M. Anbarasan led the protest in Tambaram Railway station.
The DMK Treasurer and Opposition Leader in Tamil Nadu Assembly, MK Stalin was among those who participated in the protests.
Mr. Stalin led a procession at Perambur in Chennai even as scores of political workers belonging to DMK, the Left parties and MDMK among others staged a rail roko at Thanjavur and Cuddalore, and were detained.
The protests come days after a high-level technical team, set up by the Supreme Court, completed its inspection of Cauvery basin region in Tamil Nadu to assess the situation in the state.
The team, which also inspected the Cauvery basin in Karnataka, is set to submit its report in the apex court on Monday.
The apex court had set up the team while hearing a petition by Tamil Nadu government seeking release of Cauvery water by Karnataka.
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Source:The Hindu
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