Cauvery row: Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswamy on fast, traders call for bandh

Around Rs 50 billion worth of trade would have been affected due to the protest

Cross sections of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday called on a shutdown, while Chief Minister Edapaddi Palaniswamy and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam sat on a fast at Chennai, after the central government failed to constitute Cauvery Management Board (CMB) in the time stipulated by the Supreme Court.

While shops were open in Chennai, the majority of the shops in suburbans and southern parts of the state, especially in the Cauvery Delta region, were closed. Ve Gondarajulu, State Treasurer of the Confederation said that the trade loss due to the one-day protest would be around Rs 50 billion.

The ruling party