A day after the Tamil Nadu government gave in to the demands of protesters, the state is now limping back to normalcy. While schools and colleges reopened yesterday, many shops and establishments including petrol pumps and medical stores opened only today.
Transport services have resumed almost everywhere and road blocks that were put up during the protester-police clash near Chennai have been cleared. Milk booths and business establishments also resumed function as usual today.
"The area is calm now. Buses, suburban and metro trains are operating," a resident of Triplicane said.
Triplicane is near Marina Beach and its streets saw pitched battle on Monday between police and the protesters. A large contingent of police force is deployed at Marina as a precautionary measure.
The Southern Railway for the first time during the past couple of days did not cancel any train fully, though partial cancellations and rescheduling and diversion of trains were announced.
On Monday police resorted to forcible removal of youth protesting for Jallikattu which in turn resulted in the large scale violence here.
Commissioner of Police Chennai S George told reporters that anti-national forces had infiltrated the protest and hence the police action. In other parts of the state protesters were dispersed by the police.
In the evening the Tamil Nadu assembly passed a law legalising Jallikattu. The law replaces the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 that was promulgated to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act on Saturday.
The local community at Alanganallur in Madurai announced their decision to hold Jallikattu on February 1. Alanganallur is famous for the sport.
In Jallikattu, a bull vaulter is expected to hang on to the animal's hump for a stipulated distance or hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull. The sport is traditionally held as part of the four-day Pongal festival in the state.
