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We are planning to issue an order taking into account the verdict," the minister said. "We remained shut for a few hours in the morning due to lack of water," said the cashier of a popular chain of restaurant on Thyagaraya Road who didn't want to be named. "The issue is because of a court verdict. Murali, founder, bubble top water can manufacturers association, said water can production in the state has stopped completely as more than 1,400 units have joined the strike.Minister for municipal administration and water supplies S P Velumani, meanwhile, hinted at the possibility of government relaxing the restriction on groundwater extraction. CHENNAI: As the contagion of the water tanker strike started spreading across the city on the second day of protest on Tuesday, a few hotels downed their shutters, apartment complexes implemented a water rationing system, and bubble top water can manufacturers joined the strike seeking exemption from the government order that banned over tapping of groundwater for commercial use across the state.While members of the hospitality sector went into a huddle to find a way to tide over the crisis, the state government offered two tanker loads of metrowater a day to all commercial entities..