PMK's NLCIL bandh evokes tepid response in Cuddalore
The New Indian Express|March 12, 2023
THE bandh called by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Cuddalore district on Saturday to protest against the Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited's (NLCIL) land acquisition for the second coal mine extension works in Valaiyamadevi, Keezhvalaiyamadevi, and Karivetti villages near Vadalur evoked tepid response with most shops being operated as usual with police protection. While TNSTC, SETC, and many private bus services were operated normally, private buses from Puducherry were stopped at Cuddalore district border till afternoon.
PMK's NLCIL bandh evokes tepid response in Cuddalore

At least 252 PMK functionaries, including 40 in Cuddalore, were arrested by police as a precautionary measure when they gathered near Uzhavar Sandhai for protest on Saturday morning. Three PMK functionaries were also arrested in Neyveli for threatening vendors to close their shops in Indra Nagar. Police are searching unidentified people for hurling stones on a TNSTC bus plying from Periyasevalai in Kallakurichi district to Panruti in Cuddalore district on Friday night and on a tea shop at Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, on Saturday morning.

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