TIRUCHY: As many as 110 farmers who staged a rail roko protest against the Mekedatu dam were arrested in Thanjavur on Friday.

Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Association State president L Palaniappan called for a protest against the Mekedatu dam construction by the Karnataka government, which would affect the Cauvery Delta region.

Accordingly, the farmers assembled in front of the Thanjavur junction railway station and said that the Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to submit the DPR on the Mekedatu dam construction, with the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) cancelling the plea of the Tamil Nadu government. They said that the farmers from across the state expressed their opposition to the construction of the Mekedatu dam, as it would affect the Delta irrigation.

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