Violence over Cauvery Issue: Celebs urge people to maintain peace

New Delhi: The Cauvery water sharing issue has brought in an outrage and people across Bangalore are in a state of anger and suffering. While we hope this issue be sorted soon, many actors have come forward and  urged their fans across Karnataka to maintain peace and keep composed. Hundreds of pro-Kannada activists staged demonstrations in many areas of the city protesting attacks on Kannadigas and Karnataka-registered buses in Chennai and some parts of Tamil Nadu earlier in the day. In view of the brewing tension, inter-state buses with Tamil Nadu registration suspended services to the neighbouring state. Trucks and other vehicles also withdrew operating in the city. Tension was brewing in the city and across the Mysuru region, including Mandya since afternoon after the apex court directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs daily from Tuesday up to September 20 in response to the state's interim petition to allow it only 10,000 cusecs daily for six days - from September 7 to September 12. Security has been beefed up for business establishments owned by Kannadigas and also outside the homes of noted Kannada personalities in Tamil Nadu, police said on Monday. Several celebrities took to their social media accounts and urged citizens to not take the law in their hands:

The natural resources of the nation belong to every citizen irrespective of any boundary.Please maintain peace and respect law #CauveryIssue

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) September 12, 2016

APPEAL TO NETIZENS - Please stop sharing videos etc of burning , beating , violence in BOTH States. It only aggravates the hate. PLEASE. — Mohan Raman (@actormohanraman) September 12, 2016

 

Situation needs to calm down n justice is required.But this will only further delay everything.Request all not to tweet any provoking lines

— Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) September 12, 2016

 

Being angry is OK but violence is no no.Parents running scared with kids on our rds!Our own ppl are suffering bcos of our anger.Peace Pl. — Ramesh Aravind (@Ramesh_aravind) September 12, 2016

Doesnt matter whr u cme from,ur blood n my blood are of same color..we belong 2 each other..humanity binds us n let not anything break tat..

— khushbusundar (@khushsundar) September 13, 2016