in a televised announcement jayalalithaa said fund constraints had forced her to make the decision she blamed the previous dmk government for financial mismanagement and also the centre for not stepping in to bail out the state she had sought huge financial assistance from prime minister manmohan singh to implement various schemes in the state jayalalithaa said the increase in bus fares would help the lossmaking state transport corporations make ends meet in view of the increase in the prices of fuel and spare parts bus fares have been increased by a minimum of re 1 to rs 3 and a maximum of rs 5 to rs 12 across the state in chennai the fares have gone up by rs 2 to rs 14 the price of milk has been increased by rs 625 to rs 24 a litre on the upside milk procurement prices have also been increased by rs 2 a litre which will benefit dairy farmers jayalalithaa said the electricity board would have to make a decision to increase power tariff the board has debt of rs 43000 crore which is likely to go up to rs 53000 by the end of this fiscal the opposition of course bitterly criticised the price hikes and jayalalithaa responded by saying they were merely shedding crocodile tears 6 jailed for landgrabbing its the formula in tn politicscome to power and set about sending your rivals to jail all the dmks most prominent members are facing landgrab charges and corruption cases from former deputy chief minister m k stalin to dmk heavyweights veerapandi s arumugam k n nehru k ponmudy n k k p raja k p p samy pongalur palanisamy and most recently k k s s r ramachandran former ministers and their families found their homes and offices raided by vigilance officers police said theyve received more than 20000 complaints of landgrabbing since june when the government launched its crackdown and set up special cells in every district and special courts to look into charges of land grabbing the number of cases filed against dmk leaders and workers has crossed 300 ponmudy served the longest prison term of 82 days before he got bail while nehru arumugam and raja spent more than 40 days in prison 7 sparks over nuclear plant centuryold dam protests broke out across the state over a nuclear power plant and a dam in kerala in kudankulam in tirunelveli district residents blockaded the nuclear power plant from october amidst concerns over the plants safety fishermen did not put out to sea farmers groups held marches and schools and local businesses downed shutters for days the protests were fuelled by the fukushima nuclear disaster in japan following the massive earthquake there chief minister jayalalithaa appealed to the centre to allay fears of the villagers before putting the plant on course former president apj abdul kalam visited the plant site in november and said he was satisfied with the safety measures the plant if commissioned will