Tamil Nadu for amicable solution, says CM

Meanwhile, political activists continued their protest in several places in Tamil Nadu, particularly districts fed by the Mullaperiyar waters, to protest Kerala8217;s refusal to raise the storage level in the dam.

CPI volunteers, who attempted to stage a rail roko in Madurai, were rounded up before they entered the town8217;s railway station. In Cumbum near Theni, CPI activists held a day-long fast. In Theni, the PMK held an unusual form of protest with members sporting a 8220;patta naamam8221; holy ash spread across their foreheads, symbolically signifying betrayal.

Several political parties and farmers8217; organisations have threatened a 12-hour blockade of roads to Kerala in Theni, Chencottah and Coimbatore on December 4.