Cable operators in Bangalore blocked all the 52 Tamil television channels to prevent retaliatory attacks and check emotions running high in Karnataka against Tamil Nadu for demanding the river water. Because of protests, public transport has been stopped between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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In Bengaluru, India’s IT hub, one person was killed and two others were injured in police firing on Monday night to quell violence.
A spokesman for Wipro said Saturday would be a working day to make up for the day off declared on Tuesday.
“Violence can not provide a solution to any problem. The best we can do is to pray for a good monsoon that can provide prosperity and peace to both the states”, he said.
Mr Modi called the violence “distressful” and urged restraint in the city, which is a hub for Indian and worldwide technology companies including Microsoft and Dell.
Prime Minister Modi said the violence and arson seen in the last two days is only causing loss to the poor and to the nation’s property.
As violence spread in the southern Indian state of Karnataka over a dispute on sharing water from the Cauvery river with its neighbouring state Tamil Nadu, popular Tamil radio presenter RJ Balaji took to social media to remind people that they were “all human first”.
“Curfew has been lifted from in 16 police station limits+ of Bengaluru city from 9am today”, city police tweeted. Prohibitory orders were relaxed in Idgah ground areas to facilitate Muslim community to offer Bakrid prayers.
Further the petitioner also sought the court’s direction to both states to act against all those people who have indulged in violence. Buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws went off the roads.
Buses and trucks with Tamil Nadu registration number plates and several shops and other establishments owned by Tamil people or otherwise connected to Tamil Nadu were vandalised by protestors.
A bus that was half burnt yesterday was torched once again today near New Timber layout and another vehicle was also set on fire near Tigalarapalya.
As per the 2011 census, around 2.5 million of the 10-million people in Bengaluru are Tamils – the second largest community after Kannadigas.
Bengaluru remained shut on Tuesday after violent protests on Monday.
Speaking to KNN India on the issue, Vice President of Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) Hanumanthe Gowda said that since yesterday the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state are shut down and one can not take any risk to open the factories due to ongoing outrage.
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One demonstrator was shot dead by police, Karnataka chief minister S Siddaramaiah said in a press conference Tuesday.
