Bengaluru Bandh Highlights — 'We Can't Comply': Karnataka Deputy CM On Court Order On Cauvery
Bengaluru Bandh Highlights: Follow this page for all the latest developments on the Bengaluru Bandh called over the ongoing Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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Several farmer outfits and pro-Kannada organisations have called for a 12-hour 'bandh' or shutdown to protest against the decision of the Karnataka government to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. To prevent any untoward occurrence or violence during the Bengaluru Bandh on Tuesday, the city police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) across the city for 24 hours from Monday midnight, news agency ANI reported.
The Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samithi has issued a bandh call in opposition to the supply of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Riots erupted in the city in 2016 after similar protests over the Cauvery River water issue with Tamil Nadu. As a result, the municipal police have taken many preventive steps in order to prevent any breakout of violence on Tuesday.
BJP and JD(S) have declared their support to the agitation and bandh call. Besides, KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) workers federation, three auto and taxi associations and the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka have declared their support to the shutdown call.
The pro-Kannada organisations have also appealed to schools, colleges, owners of commercial establishments and factories to back their bandh call. The outfits have planned a massive rally from the Town Hall to SBM Circle in Bengaluru.
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited said metro services across the city would run as usual on Tuesday and there would be no disruptions. All emergency services like hospitals and medical stores will be operational. Ambulances and vehicles carrying essential items will be plying as usual.
Bus services will be affected in Bengaluru as Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) have decided to suspend their operations. Ola, Uber Drivers and Owners Association has declared their support for the bandh. Several hotel and restaurant associations like the Bruhath Bangalore Hotels Association have extended their support to the bandh and are likely to shut shop on Tuesday, a report in Hindustan Times said.
The film industry has also backed the organisations and movie theatres and halls are expected to remain shut on September 26.
Bengaluru Bandh Live - Karnataka CM Siddharamaiah on protest
“Everyone has the right to protest and call for bandh in a democracy, but the court has restricted processions and bandh, and hence prohibitory orders under Section 144 have been invoked, aimed at ensuring that nobody takes the law into their own hands and that the public are not put to any difficulty," says Karnataka CM Siddharamaiah in Mysore on the protest and bandh called by the BJP over the Cauvery water dispute. (PTI)
Bengaluru Bandh Live - 'We can't comply': Karnataka Deputy CM on court order for sharing Cauvery water with TN
"It is not possible. Even last year, they demanded 25,000 cusecs per day. We can't comply because we don't have enough water for it. We expected the court to understand and protect Karnataka's image, but further, it's just not feasible for us," says Karnataka Deputy CM D K Shivakumar on the Cauvery water dispute. (PTI)
VIDEO | "It is not possible. Even last year, they demanded 25,000 cusecs per day. We can't comply because we don't have enough water for it. We expected the court to understand and protect Karnataka's image, but further, it's just not feasible for us," says Karnataka Deputy CM D… pic.twitter.com/s29807LBtP
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 26, 2023
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