Traders down shutters

CHENNAI: Traders in the Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market complex downed their shutters condemning Kerala for its moves on the Mullaiperiyar issue, which are disrupting national integrity.The protest was organised by Anna Fruit Vendors Association, Periyar Market MMC Traders Association and several other vendor associations which also observed a one-day hunger strike over the Mullaiperiyar issue. Charging that Kerala was determined to decommission the reservoir and build a new dam, the protesters said that the government there was interested only to improve its power generation by building a new dam at Mullaiperiyar.