Krishnagiri, Aug. 13 -- The Tamil Nadu police on Thursday arrested Manjunath Deva, president of the Kannada Jagriti Vedike, along with 50 others for allegedly disrupting traffic by conducting a sit-in protest agaisnt the State government's opposition to Karnataka's proposal for the construction of Mekedatu Dam.

Although normal traffic between the two states was operating this morning, more than 50 members of Kannada organisations, led by Manjunath Deva, president of the Kannada Jagriti Vedike, gathered near the Karnataka entry point at the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border and suddenly launched a protest.

Following the arrival of the Kannada activists and their protest, all buses as well as heavy and light vehicles were immediately stopped at...