Tamil Nadu bandh tomorrow: All you need to know

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu bandh called by the DMK and other opposition parties to protest against the Centre’s failure to set up a Cauvery management board is likely to affect normal life in the state on Thursday.
Almost all sections of the society -- farmers, students, lawyers, traders, trade unions, film associations, milk distributors and others -- have announced their support to the dawn-to-dusk bandh. Tamil Nadu government bus services will be affected as main trade unions have decided to participate in the bandh.

Farmers in delta districts have decided to block trains in different areas. Workers of different parties will block main roads.

The DMK and opposition parties in the state demand that the Centre constitute Cauvery management board immediately as per the Supreme Court order. The DMK has convened an all-party meeting on Thursday to discuss the next step on the issue.

In the past few days, Tamil Nadu has been witnessing widespread protests against the Centre’s failure to set up the CMB. The opposition parties allege that the Tamil Nadu has failed to exert pressure on the central government to constitute the CMB.

Following State wide bandh by opposition parties led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday, vehicles especially buses from Tamil Nadu stopped its services at Hosur in Krishnagiri district on Wednesday midnight around 1am. Similarly, buses which already reached across Karnataka including Bengaluru asked to return to Hosur on or before 4 am on early Thursday morning.