Attempts to stop the Vaigai Express at Dindigul station was foiled by the police.
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Passengers proceeding to neighbouring districts of Tamil Nadu were stranded at the bus terminal, it said.
Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court lambasted Karnataka for defying its order citing law and order situation in the state and said its stand “is absolutely disturbing” and “totally depreciable”, but modified its September 5 order asking Karnataka to release a reduced amount of 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water per day to Tamil Nadu till September 20 from the earlier 15,000 cusecs a day.
Even petrol pumps are closed for the shutdown called by farmers, trade and transport unions.
Along the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, commuters were forced to walk across Attibele after Karnataka Police stopped vehicular movement. Education institution like colleges and schools also closed in the state.
Many private schools also declared holiday while majority of auto-rickshaws, taxis and private buses remained off the roads.
Cinema shows and film shootings remained suspended during the bandh period.
DMK leader M.K. Stalin tried to hold protest in Egmore Railway Station but was taken into custody by police. She recalled that the 2007 final award of the Cauvery disputes tribunal was published in a Central gazette in 2013 after a Supreme Court order, and blamed the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee.
Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi also courted arrest.
Life was normal in Chennai city and suburbs, as governemnt buses plied as usual, thanks to the State Government taking adequate precautionary measures by deploying a large posse of police personnel to prevent any untoward incident.
Meanwhile, a man who had set himself on fire on Tursday to protest Karnataka’s attitude to water-sharing succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
The activist belonging to Naam Tamizhar Katchi had suffered over 90 per cent burns and died this morning.
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and VCK chief Thirumavalavan staged protests in Tiruchirappalli and here respectively and were detained by police when they attempted to stage a rail blockade.
A stray incident of stone-pelting on a vehicle showroom which was open was reported here. Blaming the Centre on Cauvery, unidentified persons pelted stones at an office of Indian Oil Corporation Limited and some glass panes were damaged, police said.
In Salem, Mettupalayam, and Pollachi areas most shops were shut.
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In Chennai, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) party is holding a hunger strike while its founder A Vijaykant citing health reasons did not participate in the protest as announced earlier.
