In a late night operation on Wednesday (August 13, 2025), the police detained all the conservancy workers of the Greater Chennai Corporation, who have been staging a protest for the past 13 days demanding that privatisation of conservancy operations be dropped in two zones of the city. Nearly 400 police personnel, who were deployed from around 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday (August 13, 2025), began removing the conservancy workers.
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They were transported in as many as 15 buses to several private marriage halls near Kannappar Thidal, according to police.
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