Fast observed in Tirupur

Minister for Animal Husbandry Udumalai Radhakrishnan and Deputy Speaker Pollachi V. Jayaraman led the dawn-to-dusk fasting observed by the AIADMK here on Tuesday to express their displeasure over the delay in the formation of Cauvery Management Board.

Mr. Radhakrishnan said that the party would continue its fight for the constitution of the board.

M.S.M. Anandan, a former Minister, M. Shanmugam, a former district panchayat chairman, and various senior leaders of the party took part in the agitation.

Thousands from different places participated in the agitation.

Some were seen using even vehicles of education institutions.

A total of 580 members of DMK and Congress were arrested for holding agitations in different parts of the district.

The shut down agitations called by a section of traders did not evoke much response in the district. Majority of the shops remained open.

Even among the 16,500 traders affiliated to the faction which called for a shut down, only 5,500 responded to the call in the district.