Four TVK activists injured in cane-charge

Four activists of Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, including a former MLA, were injured when police cane-charged a group of workers today after they refused to lift a road blockade, protesting against an MNC's proposed water bottling plant at Gangaikondan in the district.
Police said about 400 workers, including 100 women of TVK (TamilNadu right to livelihood Party), staged a demonstration in front of State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu in that town.
They were protesting against grant of permission to the plant, alleging that it would draw thousands of litres of water daily from Tamirabharani river, affecting farmers.
A large number of police personnel had been deployed on security near the plant.

Even as a section of workers were being arrested for staging a demonstration in front of SIPCOT, another group blocked road, causing a traffic jam, police said.
As they failed to lift the blockade despite repeated requests, police resorted to a lathcharge to disperse them
Party leader Velmurugan, MLA, was among those arrested.