Bengaluru Bandh LIVE Updates: In Bengaluru Bandh, the police banned gatherings to prevent violence during protests against sharing river waters with a neighboring state. Multinational companies, including Walmart and Google, advised employees to work from home. Schools, colleges, and public transport, except the metro, were suspended.
The Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu, but Karnataka cited its own water needs. The Cauvery River flows from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and meets the Bay of Bengal.
Cauvery water sharing issue
In the 87th Meeting of the 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. While Tamil Nadu in its opening remarks in the meeting has urged CWRS to release 12,500 cusecs. Kollam police registered a case after army personnel attacked and branded, one suspect in custody
Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar on Cauvery Water issue 2 states
While speaking to news agency ANI, Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar said, “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”
Any bandh can be called, we have no objection to it’ Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Bengaluru bandh
On ‘Bengaluru bandh’, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says, “Any bandh can be called, we have no objection to that. Though there is SC verdict, we won’t disturb them, let them call the bandh.”
