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    Farmers protest for CMB at grievance meet

    High drama prevailed during the farmers’ grievance meet at Tiruchy and Thanjavur on Friday where they staged protests for establishing the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).

    Farmers protest for CMB at grievance meet
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    Farmers stage a protest in front of the DRO demanding the setting up of the CMB, in Thanjavur

    Thiruchirapalli

    The farmers raised slogans against the Centre and urged the state government to address the welfare of Cauvery delta farmers or file a contempt case against the Centre in the CMB issue. 

    In Tiruchy, while Collector K Rajamani received a petition from the farmers who urged him to appeal to the Centre to set up the CMB, others with begging bowls staged a protest outside the office and boycotted the meeting. 

    MP Chinnadurai, who presided over the protest, said, “To pressure the central government, the state should hold a bandh.” 

    In Thanjavur, when N Sakthivel, District Revenue Officer, was chairing the meet, a group of farmers led by Kakkarai R Sukumaran, state vice-president of the Joint Movement of Farmers’ Association, lay down near the desk where the officers were sitting. They raised slogans demanding protection of Delta farmers.

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