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Protests over Cauvery Management Board bring life in Tamil Nadu to a halt

The traders' association said that around 2.1 million shops across the state will be shut today as part of the protest

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Chennai: DMK & other opposition demonstrate 'road-roko' protest, the parties have also called for a state-wide bandh over Cauvery Mangement Board issue. Photo: ANI

T E Narasimhan Chennai
The Bandh called by opposition parties with support from farmers, traders, students, lawyers, film associations to press the Centre to set up the Cavuery Management Board (CMB) has affected normal life in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.  

The bandh has hit public transport as buses were off roads and shops and hotels remained shut.

The main opposition party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), along with Congress, the Communist parties and regional parties including Viduthalai Chiruthai Katchi (VCK) and Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), have called for the bandh demanding the setting up of the CMB as per a Supreme Court order.