After five days of protests seeking removal of ban on jallikattu went off peacefully, a section of protesters called-off their demonstration as Tamil Nadu government took the ordinance route to make sure the bull-taming event is conducted.
However, some protesters stayed put demanding a "permanent solution" — enactment of a law. On Monday morning, Tamil Nadu police launched a crackdown to evict protesters from Marina Beach and elsewhere in the State.
As a result the vehicular traffic has come to a standstill in various parts of the city.
Live updates:
Chennai Metro Rail resumes services again after nearly an hour, reports Sunitha Sekar .
Just managed to reach home after walking for one and half hours, from Adyar to Guindy: Jayashree
"Took two hours for me to come from National Green Tribunal in Arumbakam to reach High Court. I started at 3.15 pm reached 5.15 pm. Police are doing their best," says Sahadevan
Best route to reach Chennai North from Siruseri is via Vandalur Kelambakkam road, says Archana
Route from airport to Guindy is now clear. "Made it in 15 minutes," says Sriram V .
Kotturpuram road is clear. Commuters can now go to Guindy through Nandanam, says Sharanya Bharat h.
Velachery flyover still closed for traffic, reports T.K. Rohit. On the other side, Purasaiwalkam High Road is completely jammed, says Sruthi Radhakrishnan .
Local people have blocked the route near Taramani railway station, says Rahul Nair .
Mahindra city to Guduvanchery roads are clear. Proceeding via Vandalur, Kelambakkam, Sholinganallur, Neelankarai to Adyar, says Srihari .
A deserted OMR stretch.
As vehicles queue up on one side of the Rajiv Gandhi Salai, the other half looks empty. People have no option but to walk, says S. Sriram.
Pondy Bazaar to Teynampet signal road is free but Teynampet signal in Anna Salai is blocked.
Nandanam is free to travel. So enter in to Kaliappa signal to get to Alwarpet, suggests a reader.
The stretch from Llyods Road through TTK Road and CP Ramaswamy Road is clear. No traffic.
Kandanchavadi-Apollo junction is blocked but vehicles are moving freely towards Shollinganallur. Even share autos running, says Swetha Dasari via Twitter.
Shollinganallur to Tambaram is clear, reports B. Aravind Kumar
Traffic moving at snail pace at Raj Bhavan, SRP Tools and Ascendas, says @VijayanathanN
Traffic halted at Spurtank Road, says Archana Subramanian
Poonamallee High Road going towards Purasaiwakkam is blocked. Down the road from Megamart, take detour, suggests P .
Heave traffic reported at Velachery bridge near the railway station. Remember, the MRTS trains are suspended.
10th avenue, 11th avenue, Duraiswamy subway and Ashok Pillar blocked, says Ishan Singh Chauhan .
Been driving for over an hour to get back home. All main flyovers/bridges/subways connecting to Kodambakkam are blocked, says Ashwini .
Lloyds Road is quiet for now, says Gayatri Nair .
Passengers waiting to go Chennai airport can take the Chennai Metro. It is functioning, says Sunitha Sekar .
MRTS services continue to remain suspended. Suburban trains are running in MMC-AJJ/TRT and MSB-CGL/TMLP, says Anupam Sharma, divisional railway manager, Southern Railway.
MTC buses have been parked in front of CSI Ewart School, Vepery, and the drivers have left the buses.
Suburban trains are heavily crowded. Students in the trains say some of their colleges have declared leave for afternoon. No MTC buses are plying. Autos are refusing ply towards beach or Mount Road citing traffic blocks.
The way from OMR toll gate till Perungudi if you are coming from Echangadu signal, says Vishal Kumar .
Ashok Pillar road blocked, says another reader Saipriya.
Stuck on Nelson Manickam road for 30 mins, says Dipak Ragav .
Eldams road blocked. Teynampet road into T Nagar too: Badrinarayanan
T Nagar is super chaotic. TTK Road, Alwarpet peaceful, at least the the parts that I passed by were: says Sneha .
I am stuck in OMR for the past four hours, says Deepak on Twitter.
Absolute chaos in Kilpauk, Wall Tax Road blocked, Royapuram bridge blocked, RBI subway blocked, says K Manoj Menon , a reader.
Ekkaduthangal, 100ft Road from Hiton to Kathipara interchange witnessing heavy stop-crawl traffic, says Arvind Ravikumar via Twitter.
The North Usman Road stretch leading to T.Nagar is blocked a short while ago, says G. Ananthakrishnan
Southern Railways has temporarily suspended MRTS train service. Protesters were largely dependent on this Chennai Beach Velachery line to head to Marina Beach.
All roads leading to Marina beach have been cordoned off.
