Bengaluru Bandh: Prohibitory Orders Under Sec 144 to be in Place Till Midnight, Says Top Cop; Another Protest on Friday

The Annual Convocation of Bangalore University which was scheduled for Friday (September 26) has now been postponed because of Karnataka Bandh on September 29. The shutdown has been called by the Pro-Kannada organisations, against the Cauvery Water Dispute.

Another Karnataka bandh, a state-wide shutdown, has been called on September 29 by ‘Kannada Okkuta’, an umbrella organisation for Kannada organisations, led by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj over the Cauvery water release issue.

As Bengaluru observes a day-long bandh over the release of Cauvery water to neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, the police personnel deployed in the city were allegedly served breakfast with a dead rat in it. The hotel owner, who supplied the food for the cops, has been booked. READ MORE

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday claimed the Karnataka government released Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu after succumbing to the pressure from the ruling DMK and the INDIA bloc.

He alleged the Siddaramaiah government released the water as the Congress was aware that it could not survive without the MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu.

Seven TNSTC buses plying from the Nilgiris to Bengaluru and Mysuru stopped services temporarily on Tuesday as a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers as the state hold protests over Cauvery dispute.

The Bengaluru bandh on Tuesday called by farmers and pro-Kannada organisations and backed by the BJP and JD(S) over the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu evoked a partial response, with most of the public services functioning normally, but fewer people than usual venturing out.

As Bengaluru observes a ‘bandh’, the security has been tightened across the city to respond to any violence that might happen amidst the protests. As many as 100 platoons have been deployed, a PTI report mentioned.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has accused BJP and JD(S) of doing politics over the Cauvery water sharing issue. “It is most unfortunate that BJP and JD(S) are politicising the Cauvery issue. They are doing it for the sake of politics and not in the interest of the state or its people,” Siddaramaiah said.

Cauvery Water Regulation Committee in Delhi has recommended Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs of water everyday at Biligundlu starting from September 28 to October 15.

In the 87th Meeting of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) today, Karnataka stated it is not in a position to release any water from its reservoirs or contribute any flows from its reservoirs to the flows to be maintained at the interstate border Biligundlu.

Tamil Nadu in its opening remarks in the meeting urged CWRS to release 12,500 cusecs.

Farmers in Tamil Nadu stages a protest by offering garlands and showering flower petals on poster of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah demanding release of Cauvery water.

In the 87th Meeting of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) today, Karnataka said it is not in a position to release any water from its reservoirs or contribute any flows to the flows to be maintained at the interstate border Biligundlu.

Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, has urged CWRS to release 12,500 cusecs.

(With inputs from ANI)

“The Cauvery Water Management Committee meeting is going on and the people of Tamil Nadu have demanded 12,500 cusecs of water. At present, we are in a situation where we cannot even release 5,000 cusecs of water. We will not release that much water because we don’t have,” said Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar.

Farmers from Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur held a ‘rail roko’ protest the same day pro-Kannada outfits called for a ‘Bandh’ in Bengaluru over the Cauvery water sharing issue.

Farmers from Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur held a ‘rail roko’ protest the same day pro-Kannada outfits called for a ‘Bandh’ in Bengaluru over the Cauvery water sharing issue.

Amidst a citywide ‘bandh’, police personnel have reportedly been deployed in Bengaluru’s Cottonpete to maintain law and order, an NDTV report mentioned.

According to an NDTV report, more than 200 protesters were taken into custody for violating prohibitory orders when they were trying to march towards Raj Bhavan from Vidhana Soudha led by the Chairman of the federation of pro-Kannada organisations, Vatal Nagaraj, his deputy Praveen Shetty, and others.

“My party has already extended support for a peaceful ‘bandh’,” said JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda on ‘Bengaluru bandh’ on Tuesday called by pro-Kannda organisations and farmers’ associations protesting against the release of the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

(With inputs from PTI)

Bengaluru police on Tuesday detained protesters during the citywide ‘Bandh’ called by various organisations over the Cauvery water sharing issue.

“I congratulate the Bengaluru people and other organisations for their protest. They are staging protest peacefully. I’m checking the water level every morning and evening. Lets see what our officials will do. Inflow is around 8-10,000 cusec. We’re not able to leave 5000 cusecs of water can we release extra 12,500 cusecs? No matter how much they demand we can’t release the extra water demanded by them,” said Karnataka’s Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday.