The umbrella organsation of Kannada and farmers' outfits 'Kannada Okkoota' called for a bandh in Karnataka today to oppose the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Authorities have clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code in Bengaluru Urban, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Ramanagara and Hassan districts, and declared a holiday for schools and colleges there.
Here are the Highlights on the Karnataka Bandh:
Karnataka To Release 3,000 Cusecs Water To Tamil Nadu Daily Till Oct 15#WATCH | Bengaluru: Pro-Kannada organisations call for Karnataka Bandh over the Cauvery water issue.
- ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2023
(Visuals from BMTC and KSRTC bus terminal) pic.twitter.com/WyPYPey6ad
- A total of 785 protesters were detained and taken into custody as a preventive measure. But they were all released later, police said.
- Around 1,500 protesters had gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru as part of the protests.
- Security was tightened in Karnataka with heavy police deployment across the state. The Bengaluru Police had also imposed section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure since Thursday midnight as a precautionary measure.
- The police also detained scores of protesters who tried to block the Bengaluru-Hosur and Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highways by staging a sit-in protest, official sources said.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah along with his Deputy DK Shivakumar holds a meeting with retired judges of the Supreme Court, irrigation experts, and former Advocate Generals over the Cauvery River water-sharing issue. pic.twitter.com/EOIIuloseC
- ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2023
- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Friday that the state will ask the Cauvery Management Authority (CWMA) to devise a new formula for sharing river water with Tamil Nadu in a rainfall-deficient year.
- "After today's Cauvery Management Authority meeting, a decision will be made as to what the outline of the formula in the distress year to be." DK Shivakumar, who is also holding the irrigation portfolio, told reporters in Sadashivnagar.
- "We should be clear about the distress formula before demanding it. For that, we will first discuss about the formula (ourselves). A meeting has been called for this evening (Friday)," he added.
Mother Cauvery does not know which state we belong to but she is suffering with depletion and drying up during the summer months. Bringing large scale tree based agriculture and vegetating the 83,000 sq kms of Cauvery basin is the only way Cauvery will flow 12 months of the year...
- Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) September 29, 2023
- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said there was no need for a bandh over Cauvery row as his government is protecting the interests of the State.
- "There was no need for bandh, which some organisations have called," DK Shivakumar told reporters.
- The Deputy Chief Minister, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, said the government ensured that no one faced hardship during the bandh.
#WATCH | Karnataka: Film fraternity extends support to pro-Kannada organisations, protesting over the Cauvery Water Issue. pic.twitter.com/LPKvVyM6SO
- ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2023
#WATCH | Farmers' association in Tamil Nadu's Trichy stage protest by standing in Cauvery water, over the Cauvery water release issue.
- ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2023
They are demanding the release of the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/XySYpO3Fhe
#WATCH | Pro-Kannada outfits in Karnataka's Hubballi stage protest over the Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu. pic.twitter.com/V8nLFNzg47
- ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2023
- Kannada Okkuta' - a blanket organisation of pro-Kannada groups on Friday have announced Karnataka bandh opposing Karnataka government releasing Cauvery river water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu state.
- This comes two days after observing the Bengaluru bandh which received mixed response.
- The bandh will be in effect from 6 am to 6 pm.
- Bengaluru city police have clamped Cr PC 144 section not allowing people to hold rallies or protests or congregation of more than five people.
- But Pro-Kannada organisations are likely to hit the streets.
- More than 1,900 associations are supporting the bandh.
- Grocery shops and other non-essential shops in the state, including Bengaluru, are expected to remain closed but essential services like hospitals, ambulances and drug houses will be operational.
- KSRTC and BMTC buses will be operational based on the situation across the state.
- Traffic on major roads of Bengaluru, especially in the central business district and in entry and exit points is likely to take a hit.
