Farmers in the delta districts have been protesting against the karnataka government for refusing to provide adequate Cauvery water as per the supreme court order and the central government for not providing water and demanding compensation for the damaged crops. The Cauvery rights recovery group took part in a train strike at Buthalur in thanjavur demanding that tamil Nadu get its due water from the Cauvery river. Farmers in the delta districts have been protesting against the karnataka government for refusing to provide adequate Cauvery water as per the supreme court order and the central government for not providing water and demanding compensation for the damaged crops. In this way today, a train picket protest was held in front of Tanjore district Boothalur railway station by the Cauvery Rights Recovery Committee Coordinator Maniarasan. Later, karnataka, which did not provide Cauvery water, went on a train strike raising slogans condemning the central government. At that time, they blocked the Cholan Express train from Trichy to chennai and started protesting. Subsequently, the police forcefully removed and arrested more than 200 farmers who blocked the train and took part in the protest. After this, the Cholan Express train left for chennai half an hour late.
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