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Hogenakkal issue: traders down shutters in Chennimalai

PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN.

Sign of protest: Traders in Chennimalai down their shutters on Tuesday to condemn Karnataka’s opposition to Hogenakkal drinking water scheme. —

ERODE: Shopkeepers and other businessmen downed shutters at Chennimalai on Tuesday to protest against Karnataka’s opposition to Hogenakkal drinking water scheme.

Almost all the business establishments were closed in the temple town. Handloom and powerloom units in the town’s periphery, however, functioned uninterrupted.

In Chennimalai the 12-hour bandh also saw theatres suspending morning shows. All political parties in the town participated in the protest. No incidence of violence was reported.

Similarly in Erode, lawyers boycotted court in support of the Hogenakkal drinking water scheme.

Hundreds of lawyers in the 37 courts in the district did not participate in proceedings on Tuesday.

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