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Vaiko, over 100 MDMK workers arrested
Coimbatore, April 2:
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was
arrested along with about 100 party workers near
Amaravathy check-post, 90 km from here, when
they were proceeding to Kerala on Friday to
check whether that state government was
constructing a dam across Pamba river which also
caters to thousands of acres for irrigation in
Tamil Nadu.
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Earlier, addressing party workers
Vaiko said that the reported construction of the
dam would deprive water to thousands of farmers
in Tirupur district who were dependent on the
river for irrigation. If need arose, his party
would block supply of essential commodities
being transported to Kerala from Tamil Nadu if
it continued with it efforts to construct the
dam.
