“Curfew has been lifted from in 16 police station limits+ of Bengaluru city from 9am today”, city police tweeted.
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Karnataka government had yesterday chose to obey the Supreme Court’s modified order asking it to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till September 20 and warned that those indulging in violence during protests against release of water will be dealt with an “iron-hand”.
Karnataka Road Transport buses have started operating to all places except Tamil Nadu.
Though there is no holiday for schools and colleges, many private schools have remained closed on Wednesday and the managements have chose to compensate th holiday by shortening the Dasara holidays next month.
“The city is back to normalcy, with shops, hotels, offices, cinema theatres, petrol bunks and private establishments opening in all areas”, said Megharikh.
Most of the schools and colleges have declared holiday for Onam festival and remained shut in curfew-hit areas to avoid inconvenience.
The latest flare-up occurred after the Supreme Court modified its order on Monday asking Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till September 20.
People collect valuable remains from a Tamil Nadu goods truck that was set on fire by the protesters during protests over Cauvery issue, at Nice Road in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
In its 5 September order, the apex court had directed the state to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water for 10 days to ameliorate the plight of farmers of the neighbouring state, which had triggered strong protests from farmers and pro-Kannada outfits with Karnataka observing a bandh against it on 9 September.
Following the order, violent protests erupted across the city of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) and Karnataka state, with protesters burning down vehicles, including a police patrol jeep. Sporadic protests have been reported in different parts of the State like Mandya, Chitradurga, Ramanagara and Mysuru.
Siddaramaiah also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an appointment and requesting him to intervene in the matter.
The petitioner while pointing to the rail rokho call given by activists in Karnataka also says that urgent intervention is required.
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One person was killed and another injured in police firing in the country’s IT capital on Monday after sudden eruption of widespread violence, escalating tensions between the two states.
