Demonstrations and protests against the Centre's failure to set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) continues in Tamil Nadu and has affected normal life in the state. On Thursday, the Chennai police detained DMK's M.K. Stalin and other leaders at the protest site in Marina. Thousands from the opposition cadres are thronging the protest site at Marina Beach.
Normalcy has taken a hit with roads and trains blocked in the city. Chennai's arterial roads look like a battle ground filled with hoards of protestors. The protest scenes resemble the demonstrations during last year's Jallikattu outcry. 'Road roko' led by opposition parties has also been reported from Coimbatore and Madurai. Trains have been blocked in Chennai.
Meanwhile, state BJP President Tamilisai Soundararajan has called on Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan in Chennai. Soundararajan's meeting follows Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami's meeting with the governor on Thursday.
Separately, news agency ANI has reported that the Puducherry government moved the Supreme Court with an interlocutory application seeking direction to the Centre to implement Cauvery verdict in true letter and spirit immediately.
