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Coimbatore
Attempt to stage rail roko: 200 MDMK workers held
January 27, 2017
About 200 MDMK workers were arrested today when they attempted to stage rail roko in the city, to condemn the action of Kerala government to construct a check dam across Bhavani River.
The party activists, led by former MP Ganeshmurthy, and local district functionaries, raised slogans against the Kerala Government, which they said already began the works to construct the dam across Bhavani.
“This 12-feet tall dam will block both drinking and irrigation water to three districts of Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore, leading to more than four lakh acres turning into barren land,” they said.
As the workers were proceeding to the station, police arrested them.
