Protesters from different political parties and Tamil Nadu farmers associations began stopping trains but were being taken into custody. At Perambur station in North Chennai, DMK legislative party leader MK Stalin sat on the tracks along with several party workers. Read: Crises like Cauvery will grow common without improved water managementReports of similar noisy protests came from different parts of Tamil Nadu. He accused the BJP’s local leadership of failing to put across the sentiments and problems of the Tamil Nadu farming community to the central government. CPI leader Muthuarasan, echoing the sentiments and stand of the entire opposition parties, demanded that the Tamil Nadu government call an all-party meeting on the issue.

Source: Hindustan Times October 17, 2016 05:48 UTC