Chennai, Sep 15: The Karnataka unit of the Congress in Tamil Nadu today extended their support to a day-long bandh called by farmers and traders association which will be carried out on September 16, Friday on the Cauvery water dispute. Vegetable and milk vendors in Tamil Nadu will also join the one day long bandh, members of respective organisations said. Tamil Nadu’s newly appointed TNCC President Su Thirunavukkarasar announced the party’s support to the bandh. “I request the party functionaries and workers to participate in the bandh,” he said tp PTI. Thirunavukkarasar in a statement and urged the people of the state to extend full cooperation to make it a success. Also Read: Karnataka Bandh 15 September Cauvery water dispute, Rail Roko at Mandya Station
Further, vegetable vendors across the state, including those here, will down shutters to extend support to the bandh. V R Sounderrajan, Advisor, All Wholesale Traders’ Association at the Koyambedu market in Chennai, said thousands of vegetable vendors and related workers would participate in the bandh by keeping off work. Similarly, milk vendors would also participate in the bandh, Tamil Nadu Milk Agents Welfare Association Founder and President, S A Ponnusamy said.
“Since over 75 lakh retail vendors and 1.5 lakh agents will be participating in the bandh, there will be a 50-60 per cent shortage in supply of milk,” he said. Though the bandh was proposed to be from dawn to dusk, vendors and agents will participate in the protest only between 9 AM and 5 PM by closing distribution centres and retail outlets, keeping in view the requirements of children, senior citizens and patients, he added.
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