Madurai: The police have evicted the youth who have been blocking the railway track at Thathaneri Railway Bridge for nearly five days in Madurai city on Monday.
As train service in the southern districts remained cancelled ever since the youth blocked the railway track from 19th January evening. After the police cleared the protesters from the place, the southern railway announced that all the south bound trains would run as per the schedule in the normal route with immediate effect.
Earlier when the police requested the youth to disperse from the track, they started pelting stones on them leaving one police injured. The police then resorted to lathi-charge and dispersed them from the track.
In Tamukkam, after the senior police officials hold talks with the protesters, nearly 3400 people have dispersed from the protest site. However 300 protesters including 50 women are refusing to leave the place demanding for permanent solution on this issue. The senior police officer has been holding talks with explaining them about the ordinance still late evening.
In Theni town, the police conducted mild lathi-charge to disperse the protesters. The situation returned to normalcy at Dindigul, Sivaganga and Dindigul.
