Hundreds of VAOs, retired officers observe fast for Cauvery Management Board

Trichy | Monday | 16th April, 2018

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A number of women, children participated in the human chain organised by the federation of students. TRICHY: About 200 members belonging to the Association of Village Administrative Officers’ (VAOs) Development and Retired VAO’s Welfare Association along with members of government employees association from across the delta districts staged a day-long hunger strike at Uzhavar Sandhai grounds demanding the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). CMB was the only solution to safeguard the aggrieved farming community, he said.Meanwhile, hundreds of villagers from Kulithalai in Karur district formed a human chain along the Cauvery river bridge connecting Kulitithalai and Musiri in Trichy. They suddenly went to the middle of the road and raised slogans against the Centre for not honouring the Supreme Court order. Meanwhile, hundreds of villagers formed a human chain along the Cauvery river bridge in Musiri.Addressing the gathering, chief coordinator of anti-methane project federation T Jayaraman alleged that the BJP-led Union government always acted against the interest of Tamils and farmers in the state..